Od: Anarchist News Distribution (Platform ) <platform@geocities.com>
Do: mujereslibres@tao.ca <mujereslibres@tao.ca>
Temat: Anarchist resources FAQ
Data: 2 grudnia 1998 14:55

     ANARCHIST RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET
     (A SORT OF FAQ, 2.5, 1/Nov/1998)

This FAQ is on the web at
http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/inter/faq.html

Anarchists have been active on the internet for many
years now, this is a quick guide for newcomers to the
net so they can discover the wealth of anarchist
resources available.  There is also information on how
to get free web pages and email accounts so you can
provide information as well as consuming it.  There
are currently three sections

    I.   Anarchist Web Pages
    II.  Anarchist mailing lists
    III. Newsgroups
    IV   Chat
    V    New pages on Revolt this month

Suggestions for improvements etc can be sent to
platform@geocities.com

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I. ANARCHIST WEB PAGES

There are literally hundreds of anarchist web pages
and more are appearing every week.  Rather then
providing a very long list (which would quickly become
outdated), I suggest you go to the Anarchist FAQ's
list of web pages which is regularly updated and lists
most current pages.  This is at
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1931/links.html

The FAQ is the work of anarchists in many countries
and aims to provide an exhaustive description of
anarchism useful to beginners and people who have been
in the movement for many years.  This is at
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1931/

If you want to put up your own web page various
companies provide space in return for putting
advertising on your pages.  Be warned though that they
may well remove your pages if they don't like your
what you say without either warning or appeal!!
Page providers include
http://www.geocities.com
http://www.tripod.com

TAO Communications, a worker-cooperative of radical
activists and communications workers, offers pay-what-
you-can web site hosting for groups who's work
coincides with their collective statement of demands
(http://www.tao.ca/sky/). People and collectives
requesting their services can fill out the form at
http://www.tao.ca/sky/new.html to recieve e-mail
accounts (web or shell-based), shell accounts, ftp,
websites, etc... to request the creation of an e-mail
list use the 'create' button at http://major.tao.ca

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II   ANARCHIST MAILING LISTS

This is a listing of anarchist and related mailing
lists broken into sections
1. General anarchist lists
2. Regional anarchist lists
3. Lists run for a particular organisation
4. Anarchist project lists
5. Getting an additional, free email address
6. Other lists of interest to anarchists

Sections 1, 2 and 3 have most if not all lists
currently publicly available (there are also some
'invite only' ones).

Anarchy-list is the oldest of the lists here and by
far the busiest, when you subscribe to an email list
all the mail from it goes into YOUR mailbox so unless
you read you mail _VERY_ frequently I recommend you
only subscribe to one or two of these lists at a time.
All the different lists have quite a different
character to them so read the descriptions and pick
one that seems to suit you.

If you are not an anarchist and want to argue with
anarchists its not a good idea to subscribe to these
lists as its not really their function, they are
spaces for anarchists to talk to each other.  If this
is what your looking for I recommend you use NEWS
which is the last section listed here.  If your polite
about it and don't post too much you might also be
accepted on anarchy-list.

        1. GENERAL ANARCHIST LISTS

These are news/discussion lists not restricted to any
particular region or organisation

A-Infos News [****  RECOMMENDED]
reports and analysis from international anarchist
newspapers and individuals as well as news from more
general sources of interest to anarchists.  Useful in
particular for non-mainstream views of big
international stories like the storming of the
Japanese embassy in Peru. To join send mail with the
words SUBSCRIBE A-INFOS in the body of the message to
majordomo@tao.ca.

A-Infos now offers single language lists, mail
a-infos-org@tao.ca for details.

You can send news to this service by mailing
a-infos@tao.ca, start your subject line with a
language code, eg (en) for English.

MujeresLibres
MujeresLibres is an anarcha - feminist mailing list.
Mujeres Libres means 'Free Women' in Spanish.
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/2159/mujeres_mail.html

Subscribe by mailing majordomo@tao.ca with the message
subscribe MujeresLibres

Anarcha-feminist
Monster, a anarcho-feminist group in the US is running
an anarcha-feminist list. To join mail
listserv@socsci.smith.ed
[This list may no longer be functioning]

Anarchy-list [*** new address]
List for discussions about anarchism with over 500
participants. To join send a message to
send a message to majordomo@lists.village.virginia.edu with the line
    subscribe anarchy-list
in the body (not the subject) of the message

This is the most public and chaotic of the anarchist
mailing lists and tends to be dominated by repetitive
and low level debates.  Also liable to fill you mail
box overnight when one of the recurrent flame wars
break out.  If you can handle the volume though it
does grow on you as it's very social.

Anarchism Discussion List
A moderated general anarchist discussion list, more
details and subscribtion via
http://www.findmail.com/list/anarchism/

Anarchy
Yet another general discussion list.  Send a
"subscribe anarchy" to majordomo@world.std.com

Research on Anarchism
This list is moderated, which means messages are
approved before they go to the list.  As might be
expected from the title can be a bit academic in focus
but the quality is good and the volume is low.
To join, send a message to :
 listserv@bred.univ-montp3.fr
leave "subject" empty
in the text write: SUBscribe  RA-L lastname firstname
do not add any signature..

Anetdev
Forum for discussing setting up an international
anarchist computer network, linking BBS'es, internet
sites, etc. To join mail
majordomo@tao.ca
 with the words SUBSCRIBE ANETDEV in the body of the
message.

Organise  [****  RECOMMENDED]
This is a private, invitation-only list run by
dedicated "class struggle anarchists" (libertarian
socialists, anarcho-syndicalists, and anarchist
communists). To join send a polite email to
platform@geocities.com and you will be sent the list
statement.

Anarchist Educational List:
To Subscribe, send email to
<majordomo@boink.clark.net> with
"subscribe anoked-l" in the message BODY

Anarkio
Listo por Anarkiistaj Esperantistoj
(Esperanto-speaking Anarchists' List)
Send the message subscribe anarkio
to majordomo@tao.ca

Att
Anarchist Think Tank
Send the message subscribe att to
majordomo@tao.ca

Law and Anarchy
An open forum for discussion and hopefully some
practical help with legal issues relating to
anarchists. Mail majordomo@tao.ca, with
subscribe lawandanarchy


Anarchist Science Fiction
For the discussion of anarchist SF and Fantasy, as
well as anarchist/libertarian themes in SF books,
films, and TV shows.

Mail majordomo@tao.ca with the message
subscribe anarchysf <your email>

        2. REGIONAL ANARCHIST LISTS

-- North American Anarchist Mailing lists --

Atlantic Anarchist Circle
New regional anarchist network for east-coast US &
Canada. To join send a mail majordomo@tao.ca with the
words "subscribe aac" in the body of the message.

Washington, D.C. area
For anarchists and anti-authoritarians living in the
Washington, D.C. area, including folks living in
Maryland, D.C., Northern Virginia, Eastern West
Virginia, and the DelMarVa Pennisula.
To join, send an email with no subject to
majordomo@tao.ca  In the body
of the message include:
subscribe dc <your email address>

Red and Black
a regional list for all varieties of the Libertarian
Left in the Midwestern USA
To Subscribe mail red-and-black-request@iww.org
with the SUBJECT subscribe

South U.S.
A new listserv which hopes to become an online
community for anarchists, left-libertarians, and anti-
authoritarians living in the
southeastern United States
To subscribe email
majordomo@tao.ca, with the message
subscribe south <your email address>

Michigan
Email list strictly for anarchists/activists/
progressives in the state of Michigan.  Outsiders are
welcome so long as they respect the intention of the
list. If you are interested, simply email
michiganarchlist@umich.edu

-- European Anarchist mailing lists --

EASTERN EUROPE

Alternative Network for Eastern Europe
Started by the Polish Anarchist Federation. To join
send mail listserv@plearn.edu.pl with the words
"SUBSCRIBE ALTER-EE" in the body of the message.
Also see http://www.most.org.pl/alter/fa

EX-YUGOSLAVIA

Ex-yu-a-lista
Ex-yu-a-lista is meant for circulation of information
and discussion among anarchists in countries which
emerged from what was once SFR Yugoslavia.
Language(s): southslavic.
subscribe: send "SUBSCRIBE EX-YU-A-LISTA" in the body,
to majordomo@zamir.net or check out at:
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/3707/lista

BRITAIN

Blackflag-l
Anarchist List for Britain and Ireland. To join send
mail listserv@qnet.org.uk with the words "subscribe
blackflag-l" in the body of the message.

Fpi
Freedom Press International News
To join send subscribe fpi
to majordomo@tao.ca

IRELAND

Ainriail
An ultra-low volume list to which announcements from
the Workers Solidarity Movement and Organise - IWA are
posted. This list is moderated so there will be an
average of less then five posts a week.  Subscribe by
sending the message
subscribe ainriail
to
majordomo@tao.ca


Anarchy-Ireland [*** change of address]
List for discussing events in Ireland from an
anarchist/libertarian communist perspective.
To subscribe, go to http://www.onelist.com and search
for anarchy-ireland


BELGIUM

Libertarian agora
Alternative Libertaire is recipient animation of a
space of debates between libertarians of the south and
north of the country.  To be registered it is
necessary to send a message to: majordomo@agoranet.be
with the following command in the text of the message:
" subscribe anarchie "
also see http://users.skynet.be/AL/amisal/diffuse.htm


SWEDEN

Frihetliga ringen maillista
For (mainly) anarchists and leftwing people in Sweden.
For discussions and for news, and to help people with
campaigns, new homepages etc. To subscribe, send a
message to
jgrn@hata-staten.pp.se.
http://www.hata-staten.pp.se/frihetliga.html


FINLAND

A-fem
Anarcho-Feminism Finland
To join contact riikka.kaihovaara@sci.fi

Anarko
Anarchist list for Finnish-speaking anarchists.
To join, contact bozo@kaapeli.fi

Anarko-helsinki
Regional list for anarchists in Helsinki area.
To join, mail  <otso.kivekas@kaapeli.fi>.

Musta Sateenkaari
List of eco-anarchist group "Black Rainbow" in
Helsinki university.
contact <musta-sateenkaari@helsinki.fi>

Jyvaskylan opiskelevat anarkistit
Anarcho-students at city of Jyvaskyla, also other
regional issues
 to join, e-mail <jimisi@cc.jyu.fi>.

PORTUGAL

"Anarquismo Hoje" (anarchism today).
For discussions about activities in Portugal, in
Portuguese. To subscribe mail m31@azul.net.

    ASIA/OCEANIA

AUSANET [This list closed some time before July 1998]

Spanet
Spanet (south pacific anarchist network) and
encourages subscribers from Australia and other places
in the South Pacific.  You can subscribe by sending a
message to
majordomo@xchange.anarki.net saying subscribe

    LATIN AMERICA

Anarq-Lat [Spanish/ Portuguese language list for Latin
American anarchism]
ANARQLAT es un foro para usuarios de correo
electronico, constituido en torno a la tematica del
Anarquismo en America Latina - Para suscribirse a la
lista envie un mensaje
(majordomo@majordomo.ucv.edu.ve) sin subject,
colocando en el cuerpo del mismo: subscribe anarqlat


        3. LISTS RUN FOR A PARTICULAR ORGANISATION
These lists function primarily for news from  or
discussion about a particular organisation

Ainriail
An ultra-low volume list to which announcements from
the Workers Solidarity Movement and Organise - IWA are
posted. This list is moderated so there will be an
average of less then five posts a week.  Subscribe by
sending the message
subscribe ainriail
to
majordomo@tao.ca
see http://flag.blackened.net/revolt.html

Confederation of Anarchist Youth
is a new net work of young anarchists. To join their
mailing list, send a mail to
listserv@burn.ucsd.edu
 with "SUBSCRIBE CAY (firstname) (lastname)" in body
of the message.

AIT-IWA-talk
Mailing list about the syndicalist international. To
join send a message to
AIT-IWA-talk-request@list.uncanny.net
 with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line.

WSA-talk
The list of the American section of the IWA. To join
send a message to
WSA-talk-request@list.uncanny.net
 with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line.

4. Anarchist project lists
These are lists connected with doing various anarchist
projects on and off the web.  The focus here is on
doing practical work so please don't subscribe to them
unless you actually intend to contribute to the work
in progress and agree with the list guidelines.

Anarchoprop
anarchist propaganda list: email list dedicated to
propaganda.  The main idea of the list is that people
and groups post the texts of their pamphlets etc, for
anyone to copy and use.  To subscribe, send an empty
message to <geton.anarchoprop@cat.org.au>.  For help
or more information, email
<jameshutchings@hotmail.com>.

A-Infos-Org
The mailing list where the collective that runs the a-
infos news lists (see above) organises these lists.
If you want to get involved mail a-infos-org@tao.ca
and ask how to join

Spunk Press
This list administers the anarchist Spunk Press
electronic library, To be added email explaining that
you want to join
spunk-list-request@lysator.liu.se

Anarchists Anti-Defamation League
http://www.greenspun.com/spam/home.tcl?domain=aadl


5.        GETTING AN EXTRA FREE EMAIL ADDRESS

There are many reasons why you might what to gain an
additional email address, perhaps just to keep your
mail separate, perhaps because you don't want to use
your work or your parents address, or perhaps because
you live in a country where posting from an easily
identifiable email address could be a threat to you
life or liberty.

See the Tao entry near the top for a radical source
that provides some free email accounts, otherwise
the services below which are all capitalist companies
give you an email address you can name yourself which
will not be easily traceable to you [However they will
know who you are and they may choose to give out this
information so this is not 100% 'safe', it should
however offer considerable protection from non-state
threats and some limited protection from state ones].
They make money from it by selling advertising that
appears when you read your messages.

Geocities
This is the one the writer of this FAQ uses, you also
get a web page (which means setting it up is more time
consuming)  It is however probably the easiest to
trace your real identity through
http://www.geocities.com/BHI/freehp.html
for more details

Hotmail
A web based service where you can read your mail as
'web pages' visible only to you.  Easy to set up.  Go
to
http://www.hotmail.com/

Juno
You don't actually need any internet access to use it.
It comes with its own dialer.  It is unsuitable for
use in other countries since you can't get your mail
unless you can dial to the u.s. number and get it.
http://www.juno.com/

Rocketmail
This ones requires Netscape 3.0 or Microsoft 3.0
http://www.rocketmail.com/

Mailexcite
http://www.mailexcite.com

There are now loads of others so look around

        6. OTHER LISTS OF INTEREST TO ANARCHISTS

Noam Chomsky
New listserv devoted to the work of prominent living
anarchist, Noam Chomsky, both political/social and
linguistic. To subscribe, send mail to
LISTSERV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU with the words
"SUBSCRIBE CHOMSKY " in the body of the message.

IWW-news
IWW's list for alternative news. To join send mail
majordomo@igc.apc.org
 with the words SUBSCRIBE IWW-NEWS in the body of the
message.

OneUnion
List for discussing syndicalism and libertarian
socialism. To join send a message to
OneUnion-request@list.uncanny.net
with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line.

Zapatista-list
To join send mail to majordomo@eco.utexas.edu with the
words "SUBSCRIBE CHIAPAS95" in the body of the
message.

Encounter2
A list for follow up discussion from the second
encounter for Humanity and against neoliberalism. To
join send mail to majordomo@tao.ca with the words
"subscribe encounter2" in the body of the message.

AUT-OP-SY
"Exploring the changing nature of class composition
and class struggle within the planetary work machine."
To join send mail to
majordomo@jefferson.village.virginia.edu with the
words SUBSCRIBE AUT-OP-SY in the body of the message.

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    III. NEWSGROUPS

You access news group through USENET or News, these
are completely public discussion boards where any
message posted is visible to anyone on the internet
who looks for it.  The discussions are divided into
thousands of topics, some which contain discussion of
interest to anarchists include.  Be warned though the
level of discussion tends to be _very_ poor because of
the public nature of these forums...

You can also access news by going to Dejanews. This is
http://www.dejanews.com/

>From Dan Clore <clore@columbia-center.org>
Similar to DejaNews is:
http://www.reference.com/

alt.anarchism
alt.society.anarchy

alt.society.ati
alt.society.civil-disob
alt.fan.noam-chomsky
alt.society.labor-unions
alt.politics.radical-left
alt.society.resistance
alt.society.revolution
misc.activism.progressive

    IV Chat

Internet Chat Relay (IRC), allows real time
communication between a number of people, there does
not seem to be many anarchists using this at the
moment but the page at
http://www.techplus.com/pperswain/Anarchism.html
is for a anarchism! channel.  It also has links to the
sharewhare you need to be able to use this system.
Advice from one regular user
"the channel has a relatively small following... and
summer isn't the best time for even that small group.
But if you are there and someone else is, but they
don't respond right away, be patient, as sometimes
we're busy somewhere else (i'm saying this because I
see a lot of people come in and say "hi" and then
leave a few seconds later .... best to give it at
least a minute ...I know dalnet has a #anarchism
channel to, but i don't go to dalnet much and haven't
seen anyone there ... no web page to my knowledge.

Anarchopunk IRC channel.
The channel name is #anarchopunkand it's in the EFNet
servers (irc.ef.net)


Subject: Anarchy chat

For those of you who use irc, an anarchist discussion
channel has been opened on the irc network called
EFNet. The name of the channel is #red&black.

Email Social Anarchists International
<intanark@flag.blackened.net> for more info

    V   New pages on Revolt this month

The following pages have been added to Revolt this
month, you can access them at
http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/new.html

Tales from the Roadside
South African 'Workers Solidarity' magazine
South Africa's transition goes sour
The Alliance: An unhappy marriage
Parliament is a rotten system
Zimbabwe: "This is Class War"
Zambia : "Democratic" politicians get fat
Nigeria: Death of a tyrant
Lesoto : Was it revolution?
The struggle for the land
Unemployment crisis
Unions must organise the unemployed
Every worker must condemn attacks on foreigners
Union investment arms: A disaster in waiting
The "Non - Aligned Movement" and mass murder
SADC : No friend of the working class
Why we say Asifune GEAR
Communique to the meeting with Civil Society
To table 2 of the meeting with Civil Society
COCOPA did not keep their word
Our disagreement with the COCOPA
To the closing of the Civil Society-EZLN Encuentro
Of bombs, firefighters and light bulbs
The consultation on the rights of the Indian peoples
New Index: Well known anarchists
New Index: Praxedis G. Guerrero
Biography of Praxedis G. Guerrero
Writings of Praxedis G. Guerrero
Blow!
15 years since the formation of the EZLN
Meeting of National Civil Society with EZLN
CIEPAC on the national consultation
First Chiapas, now Guerrero - Mexico's new guerrillas
Concerning Mumia Abu-Jamal's sentence
A Tutor to Every Army in Latin America
New Index: Camillo Berneri's writings
Preface
A brief biography of Camillo Berneri
Interview on militarisation of the militias
War and Revolution
Open letter to comrade Federica Montseny
Between the war and the Revolution
Madrid, sublime city
International involvement in the SCW
What Spanish anarchism must do to win
Beware, Dangerous Corner!
Social democracy and communism betray
On the militarisation of the Italian column
Counter Revolution on the March
Last letters to his family
State, Class and bureaucracy in the USSR
The Abolition and Extinction of the State
Dictatorship of the Proletariat and State Socialism
Problems of the Revolution:City and the Country
Francisco Barbieri
Non-anarchist writings on the May Days
The Day of the Dead
We will meet you in San Cristobal
Arrangements for meeting Cocopa
Labelling the Zapatistas
Statement on Mumia Abu-Jamal
Statement on Gay Rights
Return to La Garrucha
Military harassment of Polho
FZLN denounce harassment
Statement by Mary Robinson
News from Utopia
The Celtic Tiger
As good as it get's?
New Index: Zapatista index
About the Zapatista index
New Index: International solidarity
Troops stage mock attack on La Realidad
The military has increased its threats
The Chile Coup - The US Hand
CIA's drug confession
Never again a Mexico without us
New visa requirements jeopardise HR defenders
New Index: Anarchism, ecology and the environment

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