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     ANARCHIST RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET
        (A SORT OF FAQ, 2.0, 5/May/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 [1 NEW THIS MONTH]
    III. Newsgroups
    IV  Chat
    V   New pages on Revolt this month

Suggestions for improvements etc can be sent to
platform@geocities.com,
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/6170/

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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become outdated), I suggest you go to the Anarchist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 a US company
called geocities gives 2mb of space free on its
server.  It is already home to many anarchists, is
fast and easy to use, go to
http://www.geocities.com/BHI/freehp.html
for more details (they also give you a free email
account)

http://www.tripod.com/
provide a similar service

Finally a plug for the page of the person who created
this FAQ at
http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/inter.html

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II   ANARCHIST MAILING LISTS

This is a listing of anarchist and related mailing
lists broken into four sections
1. General anarchist lists
2. Regional anarchist lists
3. Lists run for a particular organisation
4. Anarchist prpject 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).  Section four should be expanded
with each version of this FAQ

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 there 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
langauge code, eg (en) for English.

MujeresLibres
MujeresLibres is a new 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.

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


        2. REGIONAL ANARCHIST LISTS

    USA

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

Anarchy in the South U.S. [ *** NEW ]

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>

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-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: request to
marko.vukovic@zamir-zg.ztn.apc.org

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.

Anarchy-Ireland [ *** note new address]
List for discussing events in Ireland from an
anarchist/libertarian communist perspective. To join
mail
Majordomo@morrigan.alabanza.com with the following
command in the body of your email message:

subscribe anarchy-ireland

Anarko
Anarchist list for finnish-speaking anarchists.
To join, contact <ravelre@dlc.fi>

    ASIA/OCEANIA

AUSANET
This is a list for anarchist discussion for
Australians . To join send them a message at
ausanet-request@lyst.apana.org.au and ask to be
added.

    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

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 majordom@tao.ca with
the message subscribe a-infos-org

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

        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.

A Spectacle
Discussion about situationist theory in both its
history and its contemporary influence. It's your
situation -- make it. To join send a message to
situationist@nothingness.org with the word
"subscribe" in the subject line.

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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

I'm currently testing out Internet Chat Relay (IRC),
which allows real time communication between a number
of people, there does not seem to be many anarchists
using this at the moment, the page at
http://www.techplus.com/pperswain/Anarchism.html
is for a anarchism! channel but I've yet to be in it
while anyone else is.  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> 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

Diez de April - Zapatista Community
Anarchism and Revolutionary Syndicalism in Africa
South Africa :Workers Solidarity Federation
Nigeria : Awareness League
Sierra Leone : The IWW
Lebanon : Al Badil al Taharouri
Chiapas Public Security Police Attack Community
Letter from the community of Diez de April to Zedillo denouncing the
raid
IMG press releases about attack on Diez de April
Understanding Chiapas
Unity - Irish Anti-Racism email list
SIPTU Fightback Issue No 6 - April 1998
Ryanair: Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
Victory for BATU
Partnership: the mindfix continues
The New SIPTU-Voluntary Bodies Campaign
Aer Lingus catering workers on the picket line
General Secretary election : "Enemies" and Partners
National Minimum Wage Commission Report recommends £4.40 per hour
Massive Trade Union protests undermined by ICTU sell-out
Joining the WSM
Anarchist News No 17
No Deportations
O'Donoghue's 'Justice'
Fight anti-Traveller Racism
Organising to Win!
Anarchism: A history of anti-racism
Why Anarchism?
Statement of Diez de Abril Community on the army raid, April 15, 1998
Statement from the three Norwegians deported from Mexico
Fire from the Mountain - report from Diez de April
Solidarity letters with April 25 demonstration against deportations
Acerca del Movimiento Solidario de Trabajadores 
Immigrant Solidarity - Day Of Action - Cork 
Reports of actions in support of the International Day Of Action In
Support Of
Asylum-Seekers In Ireland
International Day Of Action In Support Of Asylum-Seekers In Ireland
Internationaler Aktionstag zur Unterstuetzung der AsylbewerberInnen in
Irland
Journée Internationale D'action En Support Des demandans De Droit
D'asile En
Irlande
Día internacional de acción en apoyo de los que piden asilio en Irlanda
Immigrant Solidarity - Cork based anti-racist campaign
If your in Britain then check out the MayDay 98 conference
Notes on struggles in Mexico, February - March 1998
Lyrics of 'A las Barricadas' in Spanish
Everything I expected, a reply to 'Behind the Balaclavas'


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