Common Dreams NewsCenter 3028401 225509738 2008-07-14T01:53:42Z Rjwilmsi 203434 no 'of' between a month and a year per [[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_%28dates_and_numbers%29#Longer_periods|MOS]] using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] '''Common Dreams NewsCenter''', often referred to simply as Common Dreams, is a popular<ref name = "popular"> {{cite journal | first = | last = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year =2007 | month =February 6 | title =Very High Technorati Ranking: #35 (22,239 links from 6,406 blogs)02/06/07 | journal =Technorati | volume = | issue = | pages = | id = | url =http://technorati.com/search/www.commondreams.org }} </ref> U.S. based news website with a progressive perspective.<ref name = " "> {{cite journal | first =Radley | last =Balko | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 2003 | month =October 22 | title =Has Ashcroft Abandoned Federalism for Federal Power | journal =Fox News | volume = | issue = | pages = | id = | url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,100922,00.html }} </ref><ref name = "prince"> {{cite web | title =Common Dreams entry on 'Discover the Network' | work =Horowitz, David | url =http://www.discoverthenetwork.org/groupprofile.asp?grpid=6887 | accessdate=2006-09-05 }} </ref> Common Dreams publishes both news stories and editorials. Common Dreams also re-publishes syndicated content from [[Associated Press]], columnists such as the late [[Molly Ivins]], and news stories from a number of mainstream mass-market newspapers. The website also provides hyperlinks to other columnists, periodicals, radio outlets, news services, and websites. ==History== Inspiration for the website name "Common Dreams.org" came from the book title ''The Twilight of Common Dreams: Why America is Wracked by Culture Wars'', written by "Common Dreams.org co-founder [[Todd Gitlin]] and published in 1995. The non-profit organization Common Dreams was founded in 1996 by [[Craig Brown]], and the News Center launched the following year, in May 1997. Brown, a native of Massachusetts, has a long history in progressive politics. He was the director of the Maine Public Interest Research Group from 1973 to 1977 and worked on the presidential campaigns of former US Senators [[Alan Cranston]] and [[Paul Simon]]. Brown also served as [[Tom Andrews (politician)|Tom Andrews]]' Chief of Staff from 1990 to 1994.<ref name = "about"> {{cite journal | first = | last = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = | month = | title =CommonDreams.org 'about us' | journal = | volume = | issue = | pages = | id = | url =http://www.commondreams.org/about.htm }} </ref> Part of Brown's job was to compile news for Representative Andrews, which gave him the impetus to do the same on the internet.<ref name = "Kelley"> {{cite journal | first =Kelley | last =Rob | authorlink = | coauthors = | year =2007 | month =February 4 | title =[[Willamette Week]] Online | journal =War on the Web Four sites worth checking out. | volume = | issue = | pages = | id = | url =http://www.wweek.com/editorial/2916/3631/ }} </ref> During the [[Kosovo War]] Common Dreams hosted the "Drumbeats of War" site which, according to the BBC, presented "a round-up of interesting articles with wide-ranging points of view that have previously appeared in newspapers and journals across the United States."<ref name = "kos"> {{cite journal | first = | last = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 1999 | month =June 14 | title =Kosovo - the conflict on the Web | journal = BBC Online | volume = | issue = | pages = | id = | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1998/kosovo2/305849.stm }} </ref> Known for its anti-war stance,<ref name = "known"> {{cite journal | first =Duncan | last =Campbell | authorlink = | coauthors = | year =2001 | month =September 26 | title =Internet Gives Peace a Chance; The anti-war movement has been fuelled by counter-cultural online news services, making it very different from its Vietnam predecessor | journal =Guardian Unlimited (London) | volume = | issue = | pages = | id = | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,4264782-105806,00.html }} </ref><ref name = "anti-war"> {{cite journal | first =Evelyn | last =Nieves | authorlink = | coauthors = | year =2003 | month =February 16 | title =Antiwar Organizer's Politics Cause Rift; In a letter on the Web site Commondreams.org, more than 150 of the most notable progressive writers and intellectuals in the country... | journal =Washington Post | volume = | issue = | pages =A22 | id = | url = http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/289684241.html?dids=289684241:289684241&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&fmac=&date=Feb+16%2C+2003&author=Evelyn+Nieves&desc=Antiwar+Organizer%27s+Politics+Cause+Rift | format =subscription required }} </ref> by August 2003 commondreams.org had sold a quarter-million stickers at cost with the message: "Attack Iraq? NO!"<ref name = "million"> {{cite journal | first =Joshua L. | last =Weinstein | authorlink = | coauthors = | year =2003 | month =January 22 | title =Spur-of-the-moment thought clicks with critics of Iraq war;A Maine man sells 250,000 anti-war bumper stickers over the Internet. | journal =Portland Press Herald (Maine) | volume = | issue = | pages =10A | id = | url = http://bailey83221.livejournal.com/106749.html }} </ref> ==Praise and criticism== Common Dreams attracts both praise and criticism in political circles. Among its notable supporters are [[Bill Moyers]],<ref name = "moyers"> {{cite journal | first =Willy | last =Ritch | authorlink = | coauthors = | year =2007 | month =January 12 | title =Audio Interview - Bill Moyers exclusively with CommonDreams | volume = | issue = | pages = | id = | url =http://www.newscenter.org/2007/01/12/bill-moyers-exclusively-with-commondreams/ }} </ref><BR> [[Ralph Nader]], and [[Don Imus]].<ref name = "about">^</ref> The organization has been criticized both for being too progressive<ref name=discovernetworks>''[http://www.discoverthenetwork.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6887 Common Dreams Profile]''. Discoverthenetworks.org: A Guide to the Political Left. 2003. Access date unknown.</ref> and for not being progessive enough.<ref name=indymedia>"[http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2002/09/20239.shtml Common Dreams website completely fails to cover A22 Bush protest]". ''Portland Independent Media Center''. [[6 September]] 2002</ref> ==Features== Common Dreams has featured original articles by the following authors: {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} *[[Noam Chomsky]] *[[Howard Zinn]] *[[Eric Alterman]] *[[Alexander Cockburn]] *[[Jeff Cohen (media critic)|Jeff Cohen]] *[[Juan Cole]] *[[Joe Conason]] *[[David Corn]] *[[Robert Fisk]] {{col-3}} *[[Tom Hayden]] *[[Bob Herbert]] *[[Arianna Huffington]] *[[Jesse Jackson]] *[[Naomi Klein]] *[[Paul Krugman]] *[[Michael Lerner]] *[[Michael Moore]] *[[Molly Ivins]] {{col-3}} *[[Harold Pinter]] *[[Ralph Nader]] *[[Ted Rall]] *[[Robert Reich]] *[[Frank Rich]] *[[Arundhati Roy]] *[[Robert Scheer]] *[[Cindy Sheehan]] <ref name = "sheehan"> {{cite journal | first =David | last =Kirkpatrick | authorlink = | coauthors = | year =2006 | month =February 2 | title =Two T-Shirts, Two Messages and Two Capitol Ejections | journal =New York Times | volume = | issue = | pages = | id = | url =http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/7386/print }} </ref><BR> *[[Katrina vanden Heuvel]] <ref name = "prince" /> {{col-end}} ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== * [http://www.commondreams.org Common Dreams] - Official website *{{cite journal | first = | last = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = | month = | title =Common Dreams | journal =Discover the Network | volume = | issue = | pages = | id = | url =http://www.discoverthenetwork.org/groupprofile.asp?grpid=6887 }} *{{cite journal | first = | last = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = | month = | title =Which are the Most Popular Progressive Websites? | journal =Commondreams.org | volume = | issue = | pages = | id = | url =http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0630-20.htm }} [[Category:Maine media]] [[Category:Progressivism]] [[Category:Political media]] [[Category:American political websites]] [[Category:News websites]]