Anarchist Resources on the internet - A sort of FAQ - This FAQ is on the web at http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/inter/faq.html	12/1998 trend online	Briefe oder Artikel: kamue@partisan.net ODER per Snail: Anti-Quariat Oranienstr. 45 D-10969 Berlin
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   ------------------------------------------- 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 Rather then providing a very long list (which would quickly become outdated), I suggest you go to the Anarchist FAQ's list of web pages which is regularly updated and lists most current pages.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   -------------------------------------------- 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 List for discussions about anarchism with over 500 participants. To join send a message to anarchy-list-request@cwi.nl and ask politely to be subscribed to the anarchy-list.   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     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.htm   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 List for discussing events in Ireland from an anarchist/libertarian communist perspective. To subscribe, send mail to: anarchy-ireland-request@morrigan.alabanza.com Place the following word in the Subject line: SUBSCRIBE     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 [*** NEW] 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.   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.   --------------------------------------------   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.     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 >