ANARCHIST RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET (A SORT OF FAQ, 1.5, 7/OCT/1997)
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 Anarchist Web Pages this month
Suggestions for improvements etc can be sent to platform@geocities.com, suggestions for web page of the month should be entered in the guestbook at the bottom of 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become outdated), I suggest you go to the Anarchist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 list at
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/6170/
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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
reports and analysis from international anarchist
newspapers and individuals as well as news from more
general sources of interest to anarchists. Volume
is quite low (1-7 messages a day) and of high
quality. 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.
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.
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..
Anarcha-feminist
Monster, a anarcho-feminist group in the US is
running an anarcha-feminist list. To join mail
listserv@socsci.smith.ed
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
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.
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.
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
List for discussing events in Ireland from an
anarchist/libertarian communist perspective. To join
send a message to anarchy-ireland-
request@unamerican.com with the word "subscribe" in
the subject line.
ASIA/OCEANIA
AUSANET
This is a list for anarchist discussion for
Australians (and New Zealanders too, I assume). 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
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/
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/
alt.anarchism
alt.society.anarchy
alt.society.ati
alt.society.civil-disob
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.
V...New Anarchist Web Pages this month
If you want your page to be include please go to
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/6170/
and include it in the guestbook there, I'll take the
best pages from this each month and leave all pages
up for at least three months. Your page is more
likly to be included in this mailout if it has
detailed information new to the web on a geographic
area or anarchist organisation or if it has texts
new to the web from anarchist books or magazines.
Note, this list is not a beauty contest, I favour
pages whose politics I identify with and that I
therefore think are worth looking at.
Nie Oficjalna Strona Anarcho-Komunistycznej Organizacji
Platform
(Unofficial Site of the Anarchist-Communist Organizational
Platform of Poland)
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/5158
A site by a group of Polish anarchists interested in the
Organisational Platform of the Libertarian Communists. Includes
a new Polish translation of the Platform.
Anarchism: From theory to Practice
by Daniel Guerin
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/3998/contents.html
The complete text of Daniel Guerins excellent history of and
introduction to anarchism
Anarchist propaganda archives -
This site has anarchist articles, from many countries, and on many
subjects - unions, racism, women, the environment, charity etc.
la Federation Anarchiste
Web page of the French Anarchist Federation including their basic
principles (in French)
Potatodos
http://www.geocities.com/~bloodstorm/
A Brazilian anarchist webpage in Portuguese
My Further Disillusionment in Russia
By Emma Goldman
http://www.pitzer.edu/~dward/Anarchist_Archives/goldman
/further/further_toc.html
Extracts from Emma Goldmans book on the Russian
Revolution
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