Centre For Political Song - www.caledonian.ac.uk/politicalsong/index.html - the world's first ever centre where political songs are archived and events are organised specifically about topical music.  

Common Ground Scotland - www.commongroundscotland.com - a week-long summer school (30 July-6 August 2006) held in Ayr, Scotland with interactive workshops on music and non-violence with some of the best international tutors.  Evening concerts too!  Songs For Change will be running a workshop at the 2006 summer school.

Democracy Now - www.democracynow.org - US-based independent media outlet (radio and tv) with fantastic articles and news programmes which can be downloaded for free. Amy Goodman conducts great interviews. Truly addictive. Channel 4 News eat your heart out! 

Indy Media - www.indymedia.org.uk - a truly democratic media outlet - anyone anywhere (with internet access that is) can post an article. Good for up to date info on social movement activities throughout the world.

Peace & Justice Centre - www.pjrc-edinburgh.org.uk - Edinburgh-based resource centre for peace & justice issues.

People's Music Network - www.peoplesmusic.org - a US network of musicians using music and culture to promote progressive ideas and values.

Riot Folk - www.riotfolk.org - a radical US music collective committed to anti-profit music making working from the principles of anti-oppression and anti-capitalism.

Truth Out - www.truthout.org - one of the best on-line resources for articles investigating and critical of US domestic and foreign policy. Some great videos to download for free too.

When The World Said No To War - www.whentheworldsaidno.org - a photographic exhibition and peace education forum inspired by the 2003 demonstrations against the war in Iraq.

Word Power - www.word-power.co.uk - online bookstore (with a shop in Edinburgh too) specialising in political and activist titles.  Organises the annual Independent Radical Book Fair, this year from 11-15th October 2006 in Edinburgh.

Z Mag/Net - www.zmag.org/weluser.htm - a great magazine and web resource for critical analysis and direct action info. 

Joan Baez - www.joanbaez.com - Queen of the US Folk revival and a committed political activist. 

Roy Bailey - www.roybailey.net - MP Tony Benn describes him as 'the greatest socialist folk singer of his generation'. 

Kate Campbell - www.katecampbell.com  - the US South's most literary songsmith with a strong social conscience.

Julie Dawid - www.juliedawid.co.uk - politically-minded singer, songwriter, poet, actress and filmmaker. 

Fair Witness - www.fairwitnessmusic.com - a young Scottish duo with a sound musical ethos. 

David Ferrard - www.davidferrard.com - a Scottish-American singer-songwriter.  Also founder of Songs For Change!

Dick Gaughan - www.dickalba.demon.co.uk - Scotland's most passionately political folk singer.  As strong a performer and writer as he was in the 1970s.  His recent release, Lucky For Some, pulls no punches!

Eliza Gilkyson - www.elizagilkyson.com - US singer-songwriter who has increasingly become politically outspoken in her lyrics.   

Janis Ian - www.janisian.com - a brilliant singer-songwriter who's been at the top of her trade for four decades! Her most recent album, Folk Is The New Black, takes a critical look at the world we are living in.

Carol Laula - www.carollaula.co.uk - Scottish singer-songwriter whose song 'Standing Proud' represented Glasgow in 1990, its year as 'City of Culture'.

Jez Lowe - www.jezlowe.com - Northumberland's most accomplished songsmith.  His stories of working class people are always dressed up in catchy tunes.

Rory McLeod - www.rorymcleod.com - an English troubadour who takes his joyful songs of love and protest around the globe. 

David Rovics - www.davidrovics.com - a brilliant US political singer-songwriter who is forever on the road.  All his songs can be downloaded for free!