~ Early Web Links ~

Walmart Watch was a campaign site dedicated to monitoring and critiquing the business practices of Walmart, one of the world's largest retailers. The site focused on labor rights, worker wages, corporate accountability, and the social impact of Walmart's policies on communities.

Created by Sheila Danzig, this advocacy site makes the case for abolishing daylight saving time, arguing that the twice-yearly clock change causes economic harm, disrupts daily life, and fails to deliver promised energy savings. Visitors can read the history of DST, sign a petition to Congress, take a quiz, and find contact information for their elected representatives.

Rat Haus Reality is a sprawling activist and political commentary site covering nuclear waste dangers, corporate governance critique, the 9-11 attacks as crimes against humanity, and the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination trial. Drawing on indigenous philosophy like the Hopi concept of Koyaanisqatsi, it advocates for environmental renewal, hemp as a resource, and conscious alternatives to consumer culture.

Webrocker's personal blog includes this post rallying support for net neutrality during the 2017 Battle for the Net campaign, urging readers to oppose FCC rollbacks of open internet rules. The site mixes German and English content across writing, drawing, photography, and links, with this entry serving as a call to action against ISP overreach.

Ava's personal blog focuses on data protection law, digital privacy, and tech criticism, with posts tackling topics like personal websites and the law, the illusion of human oversight in AI, and whether offline living has become a luxury. The site blends thoughtful legal commentary with personal reflections on health and small creative projects, making it a genuinely interesting read for anyone curious about the intersection of technology and civil liberties.

The Living Room Candidate is an authoritative archive of presidential campaign television commercials spanning every election from 1952 to the present, hosted by the Museum of the Moving Image. Visitors can browse ads by year, type, issue, or curator-selected playlists, making it an invaluable resource for understanding how political advertising has shaped American democracy.

The Marxists Internet Archive is one of the largest online libraries of leftist political theory, hosting works from over 720 authors including Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Trotsky in 80 languages. Researchers and activists alike will find a vast collection of books, periodicals, speeches, and primary texts covering Marxism, socialism, communism, and related political philosophy.

Dronestream, built by Josh Begley, tracks every reported covert US drone strike in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia through a publicly accessible API, searchable database, and real-time Twitter feed. It aggregates human stories and investigative journalism from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism to document the human impact of remote warfare.

Lovearth.net is a sprawling activist directory created by Mark R. Elsis, linking to over 1000 sites covering environmentalism, political commentary, spirituality, and social justice causes. Visitors can explore resources on global warming, U.S. military spending, corporate power, Palestine-Israel, and more, all framed through a progressive, eco-humanist lens.

TVRRIS EBVRNEA is a personal blog blending political commentary, conspiracy analysis, and spiritual reflections, with posts touching on topics like Jeffrey Epstein, the World Economic Forum, and Theravada Buddhist daily practices. The site is part of the Lainchan Webring community and carries a distinctly countercultural, introspective tone that will appeal to readers drawn to alternative perspectives.