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- From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
- Subject: Peacenet Brochure (autopost)
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- PEACENET:
- INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS FOR
- PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
- peacenet@igc.org
-
- "For the information we need to organize, we must turn to
- PeaceNet. If you don't have a computer and modem, find someone
- who does." Tony Avirgan, Investigative Journalist in Costa Rica
-
- "Getting to know peace workers all over the world is enormously
- encouraging. It is wonderful to share resources and ideas with
- people I could never meet." Margaret Phillips, American Friends
- Service Committee, St. Louis, MO
-
- "The Gulf war proved that PeaceNet is invaluable in gathering
- news deliberately filtered out by the establishment press."
- Larry Bensky, National Affairs Correspondent, Pacifica Radio
-
-
- INTERNET CONNECTIONS You can connect to us through Internet, the
- worldwide research and education network, as "telnet igc.org"
-
- INFORMATION RESOURCES PeaceNet has hundreds of public
- conferences. By subscribing to PeaceNet, you also have access to
- EcoNet (environmental issues) and ConflictNet (mediation and conflict
- resolution). See descriptions of EcoNet and ConflictNet below.
-
- DOES PEACENET CONNECT WITH OTHER NETWORKS? PeaceNet has
- "gateways" connecting it to the following international systems:
- ABA/net; Alternex (Brazil); AppleLink; ArpaNet; AT&T Mail; BitNet;
- BIX; Red BolNet (Bolivia); CARINET; CGNet; CIGNet; ComLink (Germany);
- CompuServe; ConflictNet; CONNECT; COSY; CSNet; DASNet; Dialcom;
- EasyLink; EcoNet; EIES; ENVOY 100; FidoNet; Galaxy; GeoNet; GreenNet
- (U.K.); GTE Mail; HandsNet; IMC; INET; Internet; JANET; MCI Mail;
- MetaNet; MicroLink; NASA Mail; Nicarao (Nicaragua); NWI; Pandora
- Systems; Peacenet Sweden; Pegasus (Australia); PINET; Portal; Prairie;
- PsychNet; ScienceNet; San Francisco-Moscow Teleport (USSR & USA); TCN;
- Telecom Gold; TeleMail; TWICS (Japan); TYMNET/OnTyme; UNDP, UNDRO,
- UNINET; Unison; UUCP Mail Net; WEB (Canada); The WELL.
-
- HOW DO I GET IN TOUCH WITH THE APC PARTNERS? For users in
- Brazil, Nicaragua, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, the USSR
- and Australia (and their neighbors), you should join the APC partner
- network nearest to you. If you are in another country, contact
- PeaceNet for more information. We will recommend the cheapest way to
- connect.
-
- AlterNex GreenNet
- c/o IBASE 25 Downham Road
- Rua Vicente de Souza, 29 London N1 5AA
- 22.251 Rio de Janeiro RJ GREAT BRITAIN
- BRAZIL +44 (71) 923 2624
- phone +55 (21) 286-0348 +44 (71) 254 1102
- fax +55 (21) 286-0541 email: gn!support@apc.org
- email: ax!suporte@apc.org
- Nicarao
- ComLink CRIES
- Moorkamp 46 Apartado 3516
- D-3000 Hannover 1, Germany de la Iglesia el Carmen
- +49 (511) 3503081 1 Cuadra al Lago
- email:sysop@oln.zer Managua, NICARAGUA
- +505 (2) 26228
- FredsNaetet +505 (2) 25137
- (PeaceNet Sweden) email: ni!support@apc.org
- Timmermansgraend 4
- S-116 27 Stockholm Pegasus Networks/EarthNet
- SWEDEN PO Box 424
- +46 (8) 720 0001 The Epicentre
- email: pns!support@apc.org Border Street
- Byron Bay 2481
- GlasNet New South Wales
- 17a, Bolshaya AUSTRALIA
- Cheryomuskinskaya ul. +61 (66) 85.6789
- Moscow 113447 email: peg!support@apc.org
- USSR
- +7 (95) 123 01 41 Web
- email: glas!support@apc.org 401 Richmond Street West
- Suite 104
- Toronto, Ontario
- M5V 3A8
- CANADA
- +1 (416) 596-0212
- email: web!support@apc.org
-
- WHO IS USING PEACENET?
-
- Approximately eight thousand leaders, thinkers, activists, and
- concerned citizens are using PeaceNet and its partner networks. Here
- is a sampling of U.S. groups using PeaceNet:
-
- American Friends Service Committee Indian Law Resource Center
- American Peace Test Institute for Media Analysis
- Americas Watch Institute for Peace (Hawaii)
- Amnesty International USA Institute for Policy Studies
- Beyond War International Assoc Against Torture
- Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Korea Information Center
- Campus Watch Labor Notes
- Center for Constitutional Rights Labor Resource Center
- Center for Cuban Studies Latin American Institute
- Center for Defense Information Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Inst.
- Center for Innovative Diplomacy Mozambique Support Network
- Center for US-USSR Initiatives National Lawyers Guild
- Center for War/Peace Studies New York Online
- Central America Resource Center Nicaragua Network
- Central America Resource Network Office of the Americas
- Central Amer. Historical Inst. Physicians For Soc. Responsibility
- Chile Information Project Pledge of Resistance
- Christic Institute Public Media Center
- CISPES Pueblo To People
- Council on Economic Priorities SANE/FREEZE
- Educators for Soc. Responsibility SEIU
- El Salvador Media Project SatelLife
- Empowerment Project South Africa Now!
- Esalen Soviet-American Exchange Swords To Plowshares
- Friends World Com. on Consultation Tecnica
- Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting The Other Americas Radio
- Fellowship of Reconciliation The Other Economic Summit
- Global Action Network TibetNet
- Grassroots International Union for Democratic Communications
- Green Committees of Correspondence Union Of Concerned Scientists
- Greenpeace Veterans Peace Action Team (VPAT)
- Guatemala Human Rights Commission Vietnam Veterans Against the War
- Honduras Information Center War Resisters League
- Human Rights Watch Washington Office on Latin America
- Humanitarian Law Project Witness For Peace
- WILPF
- World Federalist Association
-
- CONFERENCES ON-LINE
-
- Here are the subject categories for the 650 conferences of the
- IGC Networks: PeaceNet, EcoNet and ConflictNet. In addition,
- PeaceNet is an access point for hundreds of USENET conferences.
-
- Activist Resources Health
- Africa Homeopathy
- Air & Climate Human Rights
- Beyond War Indigenous Peoples
- Central & South America Labor
- Community Media
- Conflict Resolution Middle East
- Development Military & Security
- Disarmament Network Resources
- East-West New Age/Spirituality
- Economics Nuclear Weapons & Testing
- Education & Research Pacific Rim
- Energy Peace Legislation
- Environment - Education Peace/Social Justice
- - General Philosophy & Religion
- - Legislation Politics
- Europe Seas & Waters
- Food & Agriculture Spanish-language
- Foreign Policy Technology
- Forests Toxics & Waste
- Friends of the Earth United Nations
- General Interest Wilderness & Wildlife
- Global Action Network Women
- Government Sources Youth
- Greens Movement
-
- ABOUT ECONET AND CONFLICTNET
-
- EcoNet serves organizations and individuals who are working for
- environmental preservation and sustainability. Some important issues
- covered include: global warming, rainforests, legislative activities,
- water quality, energy policy, toxics, and environmental education.
-
- ConflictNet serves groups and individuals working for social
- justice and conflict resolution. ConflictNet's resources include:
- guidelines for choosing a neutral third party, sample case development
- in conflict resolution, extensive bibliographies, legislative updates,
- education materials and newsletters from around the world.
-
- For more information contact:
-
- PeaceNet
- 18 De Boom Street
- San Francisco, CA 94107
- 415-442-0220
- 415-546-1794 (fax)
- Telex: 154205417
- Internet: peacenet@igc.org
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