8th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair

www.word-power.co.uk/book_fair

Website of the 8th Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair.

New Left Review

www.newleftreview.net/

UK's well-known journal of left-wing and socialist thought.

The Privatization of Culture Project

www.nyu.edu/projects/privculture/course.htm

New York University course on the privatisation of culture.

Variant

www.variant.randomstate.org/

Articulating cross-currents in culture, Variant is one of the few independent magazines in the cultural arena.

Walkout Photographers

www.walkoutphotographers.org/

Photographers document the underlying causes of the Iraqi war.

Information for Social Change

www.libr.org/ISC/

New thinking about the library sector from the Institute for Social Change.

Dissenting voices

www.artfutures.net/

Scotland's visual artists getting together to argue for the need for a democratic critical autonomous space.

European Institute for progressive cultural policies

www.eipcp.net/

Looks at creating new public spheres against the conservative hegemonial discourse of cultural identity and representation, working to introduce issues of cultural politics into discussions on democratic politics.

Free International University

www.copenhagenfreeuniversity.dk/

Modelled on Beuys' concept, a forum for free exchange and dialogue.

Free Expression Policy Project

www.fepproject.org/index.html

Deals with issues of censorship and copyright law. Liberal but useful.

Third Text

www.tandf.co.uk/jouurnals/titles/09528822.asp

Critical perspectives on art and visual culture. Examines the theoretical and historical ground by which the West legitimises its position as the ultimate arbiter of what is significant within this field.

Centre for Cultural Policy Research, Glasgow

www.culturalpolicy.arts.gla.ac.uk/

This site offers bang-up-to-date news on cultural policy developments, often with commentary, details of forthcoming events, and ongoing research findings, including the Cities Project a research project into the long-term impact of Glasgow City of Culture on the city.

Netherlands study centre for arts, cultural and related policy

www.boekman.nl/engindex.html

An independent centre which generates cultural-political debates between the worlds of management, academia and the arts.

Art and social activism

wochenklausur.t0.or.at/projekte/menu_en.htm

theater.kein.org/node/view/64

An artists group in existence since 1993 who develop concrete proposals aimed at what they describe as 'small but effective improvements to socio-political deficiencies.' Uniquely they create the circumstances whereby their proposals are translated into action, rendering 'artistic creativity not as a formal act but an intervention into society'.

Action to save film heritage

www.filmarchiveaction.org/

A website created to unite international support in defence of the imperilled motion picture heritage.

Danish artists resist government structures

www.ukk.dk/

An organization for younger artists and art workers in Denmark organization was formed in protest  against the newly elected ultra right wing government and its policies, including economic cut backs and political restrictions.