Michael J. Jones

Tacoma, Washington

mjones@fjac.com

Links

I have listed a collection of links to web sites that I find useful. It's not exhaustive in any section, but just gives you a good start if you are intersted in finding out more about any of these areas. If you have something you think worth posting here, send me an e-mail and suggest it.

• East Timor and Tibet
• Buddhism
• Peace
• Environmental Organizations
• Political/Economic

• Vegetarian
• Family
• Tacoma
• References
• News

Two places: one oppressed, one now free

Tibet

• Tibetan Government in Exile -- Site for the Tibetan government in exile
• Tibetlink.com -- More cultural site with chat rooms to meet Tibetans
• Free Tibet -- Campaign to gain independence from China for Tibet
• Bay Area Friends of Tibet -- S.F. Bay area group supporting the free Tibet cause

East Timor

• BBC's country profile -- section with a balanced introduction to the political developments of East Timor over the last quarter century
• East Timor News -- A list of current news events
• East Timor Action Network -- Leading U.S. non-profit that fought for East Timor's independence and now fights for its development

• International Network of Engaged Buddhists -- Organization founded by Sulak Sivaraksa, an inspirational Thai man who sees engaging with the material world and every-day life of society as a necessary component of good Buddhist practice
• Buddhist Peace Fellowship -- International organization serving as a catalyst to for socially-engaged Buddhism

Teravada Bhuddism

• Access to Insight -- Host for translations of the Dhamma (books of Buddha's teachings and commentaries on these)
• Buddhadasa Bhikku -- Founder of Suan Mokh (an international Wat and retreat center) and reformer of Thai Buddhism, simplifying and refocusing practice on essentials
• Wat Umong -- Wat (Temple) in Northern Thailand where I spent six weeks in retreat

Mahayana Buddhism

• MoveOn.org -- Virtual grass-roots organization facilitating democratic actions (petitions, letters, calls)
• Peace-Action -- Grassroots peace activist organization that has played central roll in democratic peace efforts from stopping our war in Vietnam to weapons-ban treatees
• Amnesty International -- How can we have peace without human rights and justice?
• Michael Moore -- Itinerant social critic and pebble in our shoes helping motivate us to act

• Sierra Club -- The largest and oldest environmental organization in the U.S.
• Greenpeace -- Strong positions and active membership around the world
• Earth First -- Active defenders of nature, site lists active tree-sits and other on-going actions
• Environmental News Service -- Clearinghouse for news from genetic engineering to ancient forests
• Concerns over the atmospheric impact of flying are addressed by these organizations offering countermeasures:
  • American Forests
  • Better World Club -- Environmentally conscious travel club/agency
  • Future Forests -- Based in the U.K.

Working to make our economy responsive to people's values

• Redefining Progress -- Organization originally founded to research and publish alternative indicators to link quality of life and environmental conditions with economic activity
• Urban Institute -- Research and education regarding economic, social, and political issues
• Grassroots Economic Organizing -- Promoting workplace-based equity-enhancing structures: cooperatives, worker ownership, workplace democracy
• National Congress for Community Economic Development -- Coalition of community development organizations (such as CDCs)
• Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions -- Group supporting community-based banks, credit unions, and loan vehicles
• Planners Network -- Association of professional planners working to increase equity
• National Center for Employee Ownership -- Promoting ownership of stock by employees in their own companies
• Economic Policy Institute -- Research and education about a broad range of contemporary political-economic issues and how they relate to the environment, equality, employement, and other such topics
• U.S.PIRG -- Visionary organization working for the public interest on a range of issues

• Vegetarian Resources Group -- Non-profit promoting enviro- and health-friendly diets
• Vegsource.com -- Link to all sorts of information about being vegetarian, including recipies and health issues
• Happy Cow -- Links to vegetarian restaurants all over the world (careful, some of the information is old, so call first)
• The Vegetarian Society (UK) -- Site with great medical section (click heading lower right column)

• Fred Jones in Memoriam -- Memorial for my father
• Theodore -- Memorial for my old dog

My Resume

• Tacoma Public Library
• Pierce County Transit
• King County Metro (Transit)
• Puget Consumer Cooperative -- Just about the best health food coop around
• Seattle Times
• Tacoma News Tribune

• Bartleby.com -- On-line versions of many reference resources, including American Heritage Dictionary and Thesaurus
• Dictionary -- Less thorough version of above, still with American Heritage Dictionary
• World clock -- Time for cities around the world
• Calling codes -- Numbers needed to reach most countries and cities
• Travelocity -- Decent rates on flight tickets (AOL's site)
• Expedia -- Decent rates on flight tickets (Microsoft's site)
• Thaitel -- Cheap, prepaid, virtual calling cards to call anywhere in the world; some cheap flight tickets too
• Pagesource -- HTML Toutor

Print-based

• Counterpunch -- Edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair, forum with news and commentary from a variety of perspectives, mostly those ignored in mainstream press
• The Nation -- Since 1865, the U.S.'s leading critical voice, publishing news and commentary
• The New York Times

Multi-media (primarily radio)

• Pacifica Radio -- Home of the historical community radio in America
• Alternative Radio -- Recordings and links to addresses by a variety of critical commentary
• The British Broadcasting Corporation
• The Guardian -- Britains leading voice from the left