[Info on joining & cost is at end of brochure --HB] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --> [Send the 1-line message GET PEACENET BROCHURE ACTIV-L to] [LISTSERV@UMCVMB.BITNET for a copy of this file. ] --> [Send GET ACTIV-L ARCHIVE ACTIV-L to above address for a ] [listing with brief descriptions of other files available] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Contacting PeaceNet: ==================== Internet: cdp!peacenet@labrea.stanford.edu Bitnet: cdp!peacenet%labrea@stanford UUCP: uunet!pyramid!cdp!peacenet Phone: 415-923-0900 Fax: 415-923-1665 Telex: 154205417 PeaceNet's new brochure at the printers: <> = italics * = bolding PeaceNet: International Communications for Peace and Social Justice [Inside front cover:] 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 PeaceNet is an indispensable tool. I use it to stay in touch with activists, researchers and publications. I send notes simultaneously around the country at any hour of the day or night. --Lenny Siegel, Chief Research, Military Toxics Network of the National Toxic Campaign Fund I use PeaceNet to connect to other like-minded people. When I read the alerts, I feel immediately close to what's going on. All of us on PeaceNet and all the partner networks are linked by our thoughts. It's a great way to build the critical mass for peaceful change. -- Patrick McNamara, Global Family Tourism, England PeaceNet 3228 Sacramento Street San Francisco, CA 94115 415-923-0900 415-923-1665 (fax) Telex: 154205417 Internet: cdp!peacenet@labrea.stanford.edu Bitnet: cdp!peacenet%labrea@stanford UUCP: uunet!pyramid!cdp!peacenet DASNet: [DE3MIR]peacenet [page one:] PEACENET COOPERATION THROUGH TELECOMMUNICATIONS *DIAL LOCALLY, ACT GLOBALLY* If you have a personal computer and a modem (or have access to a university computing center), PeaceNet will let you talk, plan and work with people in over 70 countries, all without expensive travel and phone bills. *INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS* PeaceNet is a founder of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC). With partner networks in Nicaragua, Brazil, Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Sweden and Germany (more are being planned), the APC is world's only distributed computer network linking peace, social change and environmental activists. Most PeaceNet conferences are carried on all APC nodes. In addition, you can reach PeaceNet from over seventy countries through local phone access on SprintNet (formerly called Telenet). If you are in one of the APC member countries, contact that network (see list on page X). If you are outside these countries, you can subscribe directly to PeaceNet through SprintNet, or you can call long-distance to an APC partner network (for example, from Finland to PeaceNet Sweden or from Holland to GreenNet). *HARNESS POWERFUL COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY* PeaceNet offers easy-to-use tools for posting your events nationally and internationally, preparing joint proposals, disseminating vital information and finding the latest data on everything from the AIDS and the arms race to the United Nations and Zimbabwe. PeaceNet also carries a number of important alternative news services. *SAVE TIME AND MONEY* PeaceNet allows you to send messages, letters, or documents across your city or around the world in minutes for pennies a page. No more phone tag. Plus you have access to most other computers systems in the world (see list on page X). HOW PEOPLE ARE USING PEACENET *ELECTRONIC MAIL* You can use PeaceNet's electronic mail system to send and receive <>private messages<> to and from more than 8,000 international peace and environmental users on our networks or to millions of users on other networks. Electronic mail is quick, reliable, and easy to use. *CONFERENCES* PeaceNet's conferencing services offer you the latest tools in group communication and event coordination. Geographically dispersed people can communicate inexpensively on any subject. Whether you are administering an organization, working on a magazine article with a co-author, or distributing an urgent action alert, PeaceNet is an indispensable tool. <>Private conferences<> can be set up to facilitate internal group decision-making, task-sharing processes, or sensitive communications. <>Public conferences<> are great for information sharing, policy discussions, newsletter distribution, legislative alerts and news services. *INFORMATION RESOURCES* PeaceNet has hundreds of public conferences. These include events calendars, newsletters, legislative alerts, press releases, action updates, breaking stories, calls for support as well ongoing discussions on issues from China to economic conversion. PeaceNet is also an access point for the USENET system of inter-university conferences. PeaceNet's database capabilities allow you to search lists of speakers, grant-making foundations, bibliographies, or lists of resources. COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT PEACENET *WHAT EXACTLY IS PEACENET?* PeaceNet is a computer communications system helping the peace and social change communities to cooperate more effectively and efficiently. PeaceNet is operated by the non-profit Institute for Global Communications (IGC) in San Francisco, California, a project of the Tides Foundation, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. By subscribing to PeaceNet, you also have access to EcoNet (environmental issues) and ConflictNet (mediation and conflict resolution). See page X for further details on these networks. *DOES PEACENET REQUIRE A SPECIAL COMPUTER?* No. Using a public data network called <>SprintNet<>, you can connect to PeaceNet with nearly any personal computer and a modem. SprintNet has local access numbers in hundreds of U.S. and overseas cities. Further, PeaceNet is a member of <>Internet<>, the international university network. For example, a student in a journalism school's computer lab or in an environmental studies department can connect directly to our computer. *DO I HAVE THE TIME TO USE PEACENET?* After learning ten simple commands, PeaceNet will save you time and increase your productivity immensely. No more telephone tag. You can respond to electronic mail and conferences at your convenience. You can communicate with many people with just one message or conference comment. *HOW COMPUTER LITERATE DO I HAVE TO BE TO USE PEACENET?* There is a short learning curve. One hour's time is usually sufficient time to become familiar with PeaceNet's basic commands. In your first month, you have two free hours of off-peak time. We provide complete documentation and both on-line and phone-in technical support. PeaceNet is an excellent way to enter the world of computers. *DOES PEACENET CONNECT WITH OTHER NETWORKS?* PeaceNet's "gateways" connect to the following international systems: ABA/net; Alternex (Brazil); AppleLink; ArpaNet; AT&T Mail; BitNet; BIX; Red BolNet (Bolivia); CARINET; CGNet; CIGNet; ComPost/LinkSys (Germany); CompuServe; ConflictNet; CONNECT; COSY; CSNet; DASNet; Delphi; Dialcom; EASYLINK; EcoNet; EIES; ENVOY 100; FAX; 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; Prodigy; PsychNet; ScienceNet; San Francisco-Moscow Teleport (SFMT); Source; TCN; Telecom Gold; TeleMail; TELEX; 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 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 c/o IBASE Rua Vicente de Souza, 29 22.251 Rio de Janeiro RJ BRAZIL phone +55 (21) 286-0348 fax +55 (21) 286-0541 email: ax!suporte ComPost/LinkSys Moorkamp 46 D-3000 Hannover 1, Germany +49 (511) 3503081 email: sysop@oln.zer FredsNaetet (PeaceNet Sweden) Timmermansgraend 4 S-116 27 Stockholm SWEDEN +46 (8) 720 0001 email: cdp!pns!support GreenNet 25 Downham Road London N1 5AA GREAT BRITAIN +44 (71) 923 2624 email: cdp!gn!support IGC Networks (PeaceNet, EcoNet, HomeoNet, ConflictNet) 3228 Sacramento Street San Francisco, CA 94115 (415) 923-0900 email: cdp!support Nicarao Proyecto de Telecommunicacion/Nicarao CRIES Apartado C-163 de la Iglesia el Carmen 1 Cuadra al Lago Managua, NICARAGUA +505 (2) 26228 email: cdp!ni!support Pegasus Networks/EarthNet PO Box 424 The Epicentre Border Street Byron Bay 2481 New South Wales AUSTRALIA +61 (66) 856789 email: cdp!peg!support Web 456 Spadina Avenue, 2nd floor Toronto, Ontario M5T 2G8 CANADA +1 (416) 929-0634 email: cdp!web!support 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 American Peace Test Americas Watch Amnesty International USA Beyond War Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Campus Watch Center for Constitutional Rights Center for Cuban Studies Center for Defense Information Center for Innovative Diplomacy Center for US-USSR Initiatives Center for War/Peace Studies Central America Resource Center Central America Resource Network Central American Historical Institute Chile Information Project Christic Institute CISPES Council on Economic Priorities Educators for Social Responsibility El Salvador Media Project Empowerment Project Esalen Soviet-American Exchange Friends World Committee on Consultation Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting Fellowship of Reconciliation Global Action Network Grassroots International Green Committees of Correspondence Greenpeace Guatemala Human Rights Commission Honduras Information Center Human Rights Watch Humanitarian Law Project Indian Law Resource Center Institute for Media Analysis Institute for Peace (Hawaii) Institute for Policy Studies International Association Against Torture Korea Information Center Labor Notes Labor Resource Center Latin American Institute Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute Mozambique Support Network National Lawyers Guild New York Online Nicaragua Network Office of the Americas Physicians For Social Responsibility Pledge of Resistance Public Media Center Pueblo To People SANE/FREEZE SEIU SatelLife South Africa Now! Swords To Plowshares Tecnica The Other Americas Radio The Other Economic Summit TibetNet Union for Democratic Communications Union Of Concerned Scientists Veterans Peace Action Team (VPAT) Vietnam Veterans Against the War War Resisters League Washington Office on Latin America Witness For Peace WILPF World Federalist Association CONFERENCES ON-LINE Here are the subject categories for the 500 conferences of the IGC Networks: PeaceNet, EcoNet and ConflictNet. (In addition, PeaceNet is an access point for hundreds of USENET conferences, the inter-university conferencing network.) Africa Air & Climate Alerts Announcements Beyond War Calendars Central & South America Community Conflict Resolution Development Disarmament East-West Economics Education & Research Energy Environment - Education Environment - General Environment - Legislation Europe Food & Agriculture Foreign Policy - U.S. Forests Friends of the Earth General Interest GeoNet Global Action Network Government Sources - U.S. Greens Movement Health Homeopathy Human Rights Indigenous Peoples International Labor Media Military & Security Network Resources New Age/Spirituality News Articles/Press Releases Newsletters - Environment Newsletters - Other Newsletters - Peace Nuclear Weapons & Testing Pacific Rim Peace - Legislation Peace/Social Justice Philosophy & Religion Politics - General Seas & Waters Spanish-language Technology Toxics & Waste United Nations Wilderness & Wildlife Women Youth ABOUT ECONET AND CONFLICTNET By subscribing to PeaceNet, you also have full access to EcoNet and Conflict. <>EcoNet<> serves individuals and groups interested in environmental issues, including acid rain, global warming, energy policy, rainforest preservation, and toxics in the environment. By becoming part of EcoNet you are participating in an international network working on environmental issues and education at the grassroots and planetary level. Along with hundreds of grassroots organizations, virtually all of the major national environmental organizations are represented on EcoNet. <>ConflictNet<> serves those users, 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; newsletters from around the world. HOW MUCH DOES USING PEACENET COST? Rates are surprisingly low. After a $15 sign-up fee, the monthly subscription is $10, which includes one free hour of off- peak time (after 6 P.M. and on weekends) and phone support. Additional connect time is $5/hour for off-peak and $10 for peak time (7 A.M. to 6 P.M.). Some gateways and storage space are extra. University subscriptions through Internet are lower still. Please note: Subscriptions to other APC nodes are different from those listed here. For users outside of APC countries, there will also be an additional fee to connect to the public data network. There are two account billing options: A.) Use your credit card, no deposit required; B.) Send a $50 refundable deposit, pay by check each month. (If you live abroad, you subscribe through the APC partner and/or the SprintNet affiliate in your country.) *ARE DISCOUNTS POSSIBLE?* Yes! For every new user you bring online, we'll give you two free hours of off-peak computer time. If you come with a list of ten or more new users, we can offer group discounts as well. Information providers and conference facilitators are also eligible for discounts. *HOW YOU CAN JOIN* Fill out this coupon and return it to us immediately! 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