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Version: 4.00 Last-modified: 94/10/14 Distribution-agent: ldetweil@csn.org See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge (This document has been brought to you in part by CRAM. See the bottom for more information, including instructions on how to obtain updates.) === Online Activism Resource List 4.00 ================================== A list of Usenet newsgroups, Internet mailing lists and other resources of use to the online activist. An ACTION/EFF FAQ by Stanton McCandlish Updated: 10/14/94 Archived at: ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/Issues/Activism/activ_resource.faq See also /pub/EFF/Issues/Activism/activ_groups.faq, the Online Activism Organizations List. * IMPORTANT: Subscribe commands, and the like, when given in quotes mean "type this command, but without the quotes." Likewise <firstname> <last- name> means "put your name here, without the angle-brackets." Unless otherwise noted, all parts of the command should be on the same line in your subscribe message. Gopher resources are, when possible, pointed to with full paths, rather than menu titles. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS ======== RECENT CHANGES RESOURCE LISTINGS INTERNET/BITNET MAILING LISTS & E-PUBS AVAILABLE VIA MAILING LISTS USENET (NETNEWS) NEWSGROUPS BBS NETWORK CONFERENCES ONLINE SERVICES OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES OTHER RESOURCES ADMINISTRIVIA Recent Changes ============== 4.00 - added Current Cites to PACS entry. ************************************************************************* RESOURCE LISTINGS ================= INTERNET/BITNET MAILING LISTS & E-PUBS AVAILABLE VIA MAILING LISTS ------------------------------------------------------------------ * 2600 _2600_Magazine_ list for hacker/phreaker issues. A bit irreverent, shall we say, but sometimes turns to issues of law enformcement, regulation and civil liberties. Subscribe: listserv@bongo.cc.utexas.edu, message body: "subscribe 2600 <name>" * AAASHRAN AAAS Human Rights Action Network forum. Subscribe: listserv%gwuvm.bitnet@vtbit.cc.vt.edu, message body: "SUBSCRIBE AAASHRAN <name>" * ACTION The forum for online activism and grassroots political action through networking. Focuses on cooperative discussion between activists and organizations, the devising and completion of projects supporting electronic advocacy and democracy, and postings of important news for the online communications and political action communities. ACTION is a non-organization-specific, tightly focused list. Before joining, please review (and comment upon if you wish) the charter and FAQ for ACTION: see ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/Issues/Activism/ACTION/ - the list archive. (The entire list is not archived, but important materials will be archived on *.eff.org in the Activism directory and/or other appropriate areas, while list-specific material will be archived in the ACTION subdirectory of Activism. See below for complete paths & URLs.) General admin: ask@eff.org Technical admin: eff@eff.org EFF info: info@eff.org Subscribe: listserv@eff.org, message body: "subscribe ACTION" FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/Issues/Activism/[ACTION/] Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/EFF/Issues/Activism[/ACTION] WWW: http://www.eff.org/pub/EFF/Issues/Activism/[ACTION/] * ACTIV-L (misc.activism.progressive) A mailing list that gates the misc.activism.progressive Usenet newsgroup. ACTIV-L is a moderated forum concerned with "progressive" political action (human rights, environment, empowerment, media censorship, etc.) subscribe (??): listserv@mizzou1.bitnet or listserv@mizzou1.missouri.edu, message body: "SUBSCRIBE ACTIV-L <name>" * ALAOIF American Library Association Office of Intellectual Freedom's freedom of expression forum (mainly of interest to librarians, archivists, and those following computers & academic freedom issues.) Subscribe: listserv@uicvm.uic.edu, message body: "sub alaoif <name>" * ALERT [see CPSR ALERT, EPIC ALERT] * AMEND1-L - ACA Free Speech Issues Discussion Group The American Communication Association invites subscriptions to its on-line discussion group for Free Speech Issues. The topics include current and historical issues in freedom of expression, reviews of recent books and articles related to free speech, constitutional interpretation, research opportunities, current litigation, communication policy, privacy, censorship, and other areas relating to freedom of expression, both in the United States and elsewhere. General: Stephen Smith <libertas@comp.uark.edu> Subscribe: listserv@uafsysb.uark.edu, message body: "sub AMEND1-L <first name> <lastname>" * Cable Regulation Digest A newsletter of short articles about cable tv and telecom regulatory issues, of definite relevance to anyone tracking the unfolding of the NII/"Data Superhighway" issues. General: higgins@dorsai.dorsai.org. Subscribe: listserver@realy.adp.wisc.edu, message body: "SUBSCRIBE TELECOMREG <FIRSTNAME> <LASTNAME>"[no quotes; NOTE: TELECOMREG is a general discussion list to which CRD is sent, not a CRD-only list] FTP: ftp.vortex.com, /tv-film-video/cable-reg/ ftp.eff.org, /pub/Publications/E-journals/Cable_Reg/ Gopher: vortext.com, 1/tv-film-video/cable-reg gopher.eff.org, 1/Publications/E-journals/Cable_Reg WWW: gopher://vortex.com:70/11/tv-film-video http://www.eff.org/pub/Publications/E-journals/Cable_Reg/ Finger: higgins@dorsai.dorsai.org (current issue returned as finger output) * CalGovInfo CPSR's California public accesss to government information forum. Seeing the great strides CA has made in the area of govt. info online, this is likely to be a hot list for some time to come. Subscribe: listserv@cpsr.org, message body: "subscribe calgovinfo <name>" * COMMUNET Mailing list for discussion of community and civic networks. Subscribe: listserv@uvmvm.uvm.edu or listproc@moose.uvm.edu, message body: "subscribe COMMUNET <name>" * COMMUNITY-ACCESS Mailing list for discussion of community access issues Subscribe: community-access-request@parc.xerox.com, message body: "subscribe COMMUNITY-ACCESS <name>" * Computer PRIVACY Digest (CPD) (ex- Telecom Privacy Digest) Like RISKS, a moderated digest-format electronic newsletter. It is more open that RISKS or PFD, "and was established to provide a forum for discussion on the effect of technology on privacy. All too often technology is way ahead of the law and society as it presents us with new devices and applications. Technology can enhance and detract from privacy." Subscribe requests: comp-privacy-request@uwm.edu * Computer underground Digest (CuD) Cu-Digest, or CuD, is a more-or-less-weekly on-line electronic journal/news digest. The Digest is intended as a forum for the discussion of legal, ethical, social, and other issues regarding computerized information and communications. We welcome contributions reflecting diversity of thought and perspective, focussed on the computer/telecommunications culture including BBSes, Internet, and public access systems. CuD is focussed especially on alternative groups that exist outside of the conventional net community. General: Jim Thomas <tk0jut2@mvs.cso.niu.edu> Archivist: cudarch@eff.org Subscribe, Internet: listserv@vmd.cs.uiuc.edu, message body: "SUB CUDIGEST <firstname> <lastname>" [no quotes] Subscribe, BITNET: listserv@uiucvmd.bitnet, message body: "SUB CUDIGEST <firstname> <lastname>" [no quotes] BITNET: tk0jut2@niu.bitnet <- NOTE: That ^ is tkZEROjut2 not tkOHjut2 Usenet: comp.society.cu-digest ftp: ftp.eff.org, pub/Publications/CuD/CuD/ etext.archive.umich.edu (141.211.164.18), /pub/CuD/ aql.gatech.edu (128.61.10.53), /pub/eff/cud/ ftp.halcyon.com (192.135.191.2), /pub/disk1/cud/ ftp.std.com, /src/wuarchive/doc/EFF/Publications/CuD/CuD/ /obi/Computer.U.Digest/ (partial mirror) nic.funet.fi, /pub/doc/cud/ ftp.warwick.ac.uk, /pub/cud/ ftp.glocom.ac.jp, /mirror/ftp.eff.org/Publications/CuD/CuD/ coast.cs.purdue.edu, /pub/mirrors/ftp.eff.org/CuD/ wuarchive.wustl.edu, /pub/doc/EFF/Publications/CuD/CuD/ uceng.uc.edu, /pub/wuarchive/doc/EFF/Publications/CuD/CuD/ gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/Publications/CuD/CuD www: http://www.eff.org/pub/Publications/CuD/CuD/ BBS: USA - RIPCO - +1 312 528 5020 Rune Stone IIRGWHQ - +1 203 832 8441 Luxembourg - ComNet - +352 466893 Italy - Empire - +39 461 980493 Belgium - Virtual Access - +32 69 45 51 77 FidoNet FREQ: 1:11/70 (unlisted nodes/points welcome) CompuServe: IBMBBS SIG, DL0 & DL4; LAWSIG, DL1; TELECOM, DL1 GEnie: PF*NPC RT library and VIRUS/SECURITY library. AOL: PC Telecom forum, Computing Newsletters library Delphi: Internet SIG, General Discussion database Voice +1 815 753 0303 Fax: +1 815 753 6302 Snail: Jim Thomas, Editor Department of Sociology, NIU DeKalb IL 60115 USA. * Computers and Academic Freedom (CAF) CAF is a list/newsgroup/archive devoted to issues of computing, freedom of expression, and privacy, especially in relation to the edu- cational and academic communities. CAF is available in several forms, is archived, and has been provided storage space by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for a collection of related important documents. comp-academic-freedom-talk (caf-talk) is the interactive discussion version of the list. comp-academic-freedom-batch is a digested version that presents each day's contributions as a single compilation, rather that a continuous stream of incoming separate messages. comp-academic-freedom-news is a digested version featuring a weekly sample of the most important messages. comp-academic-freedom-abstracts is a weekly digest containing only abstracts rather than the full text of the list. For more detailed information on the versions, send a message body of "LONGINDEX" to listserv@eff.org. General (editors): Bill Arnold <warnold@eff.org> Carl Kadie <kadie@eff.org> Technical admin: eff@eff.org Archivists: Jonathan Greenfield <greeny@eff.org> Carl Kadie <kadie@eff.org> Subscribe: listserv@eff.org, message body: "subscribe comp-academic-freedom-*" (replace "*" with "talk", "batch", "news" or "abstracts", as apropos for the version you want.) * CNI-Modernization Some sort of net.commerce stuff. Lousy description, I know. Looking for more info. Admin: Craig Summerhill <craig@cni.org> Subscribe: listproc@cni.org, message body: "subscribe cni-modernization <name>" * CPSR ALERT Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility newsletter Subscribe: listserv@washofc.cpsr.org, message body: "subscribe alert <name>" * Current Cites [See Public-Access Computer Systems.] * CyberWire Dispatch (CWD) Brock Meek's newsletter of alerts and articles on information technology and telecom policy. Meeks, who writes from _Communications_Daily_ and _WIRED_ among others, has rare, and often biting, insight into what's really going on, most of the time. Highly recommended. Subscribe: majordomo@cyberwerks.com, message body: "subscribe cwd-l" * Cybermind "An electronic forum for the discussion of the philosophical and psychological implications of subjectivity in cyberspace...We are interested in particular in the philosophical, psychological/ psychoanalytic and social issues engendered, particularly as they concern the user and the social [realm]...: the psychology of intimacy, the role of gender, the phenomenology of the terminal screen, neurosis and paranoia on the Net, the relationship of lag to community and communi- cation, sex/gender/sexual orientation theory and electronic subjectivity, the role of the symbolic or imaginary in computer communication, the implications of symbolic extensions of the human ('external memory', and so forth), fantasy and the hallucinatory aspects of email/USENET groups/MUDs, and the psychoanalysis of lurking." General: Alan Sondheim <sonheim@panix.com> Subscribe: majordomo@world.std.com, message body: "subscribe cybermind <email address>" * Cypherpunks The Cypherpunks mailing lists exist for those interested in cryptography and it's political rammifications, programming encryption software, creation of digital cash and electronic banking via secure (and anonymous) crypto tech, local crypto-oriented activism, hacking cypher hardware, and more. There also tends to be much libertarian/ anarcho-capitalist debate as well. The main list is fairly high-traffic. The UK branch generally goes by the name of UK Crypto-Privacy Assoc., and like some of the other local sub-groups, has face-to-face meetings. The CypherWonks list is a split-off that is generally opposed to the anarchic stance of some on the main list. A recent addition to the stable is Cypherpunks Lite, a lower-traffic version for more serious participants. Joining the list requires a membership fee [don't have address for this yet]. I have no info at the moment on the local groups, other than the Austin & Boston Cypherpunks, so if anyone has info to pass on please do so. Main list admin: Eric Hughes <hughes@ah.com> Main subscribe: cypherpunks-request@toad.com, message body: "subscribe cypherpunks <name>" Main FTP admin: Eric Hughes <huges@ah.com> (Berkeley) Karl Lui Barrus <klbarrus@owlnet.rice.edu> (BSU) Al Whaley <postmonster@cpsr.org> (CPSR) Main FTP: ftp.csua.berkeley.edu, /pub/cypherpunks/ (many mirrors exist) chaos.bsu.edu, /cypherpunks/ cpsr.org, /pub/cypherpunks/ Main gopher admin: Karl Lui Barrus <klbarrus@owlnet.rice.edu> Main gopher: chaos.bsu.edu, 1/, port 1000 chaos.bsu.edu, 1s/pub/cypherpunks Main WWW admin: Karl Lui Barrus <klbarrus@owlnet.rice.edu> Main WWW: gopher://chaos.bsu.edu:1000/11/ gopher://chaos.bsu.edu:70/11s/pub/cypherpunks Hardware admin: J.D. Blair <jdblair@nextsrv.cas.muohio.edu> Hardware subscribe: cp-hardware-request@nextsrv.cas.muohio.edu, message body: "subscribe cp-hardware <name>" Austin admin: Jim McCoy <mccoy@bongo.cc.utexas.edu> Doug Barnes <barnes@io.com> Austin subscribe: austin-cypherpunks-request@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu austin-cypherpunks-announce-request@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu message body: "subscribe austin-cypherpunks <name>" or "subscribe austin-cypherpunks-announce <name>" Austin FTP: ftp.cc.utexas.edu, /pub/cypherpunks/ Austin WWW: ftp://ftp.cc.utexas.edu/pub/cypherpunks/ Boston admin: Derek Atkins <warlord@mit.edu> Boston subscribe: ask cypherpunks-east-request@mit.edu Wonks admin: cypherwonks-owner@lassie.eunet.fi Wonks subscribe: majordomo@lists.eunet.fi, message body: "subscribe cypherwonks" Lite admin: ?? Lite subscribe: ?? * DC-Nets Forum for technical discussion of cryptographic networking protocols and the creation of encrypted, secure networks. Subscribe: listproc@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu, message body: "subscribe dc-nets <name>" * EDLAW Education and law forum (?) Subscribe: listserv@ukcc.uky.edu, message body: "subscribe edlaw <name>" * EduPage & Educom Update Newsletters of informative and timely summaries of new technological developments and the effects of computer and information tech- nology on education, published by Educom, "a consortium of leading colleges and universities seeking to transform education through the use of information technology." Even if you are not interested in education issues, this is a valuable (though free) service, and tracks a wide range of comms, computing, market, regulatory and legal issues. EduPage comes out several times per week, while Update is a bi-weekly summary. General: info@ivory.educom.edu Subscribe (EduPage): listproc@educom.edu, message body: "subscribe edupage <firstname> <lastname>" Subscribe (Update): listproc@educom.edu, message body: "subscribe update <firstname> <lastname>" Portugese/Spanish versions: ask edunews@nc-rj.rnp.br * efa@iinet.com.au (EF-Australia; = aus.org.efa newsgroup/EFA Fido echo) * eff-austin@tic.com * EFF-News The Electronic Frontier Foundation's distribution for EFF newsletters and press releases and other items of note. This is a moderated list/newsgroup that does not allow posts from readers (such postings are redirected to EFF-Talk). EFF-News is a low-traffic list/group, and features each issue of EFFector Online newsletter, as well as announcements, summaries of hearings and conferences, testimony transcripts, etc. A newsletter-only list is also available. General admin: editor@eff.org Technical admin: eff@eff.org EFF info: info@eff.org Subscribe (full News list): listserv@eff.org, message body: "subscribe comp-org-eff-news" Subscribe (EFFector Online only): listserv@eff.org, message body: "subscribe effector-online" FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/Policy/ ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/Newsletters/EFFector/ Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/EFF/Policy gopher.eff.org, 1/EFF/Newsletters/EFFector WWW: http://www.eff.org/pub/EFF/Policy/ http://www.eff.org/pub/EFF/Newsletters/EFFector/ [For topic-sorted archives of news items, see Policy subdirectories; for newsletter backissues, see EFFector directory.] * EFF-Talk The Electronic Frontier Foundation's general discussion forum - focuses on EFF policy, cyberspace legal issues, the "data superhighway", networking and activism, and computing futures and potential. EFF-Talk is available as a Usenet newsgroup, a mailing list, and, in some areas, a FidoNet echomail conference. EFF is a 501(c)(3) US non-profit organization devoted to civil liberties in computing and communications. As with comp.org.eff.news, this newsgroup/list is not archived in full, but important documents are placed in EFF's online library in the Policy (a.k.a. Issues) directory. See below for full paths and URLs. General admin: ask@eff.org Technical admin: eff@eff.org EFF Info: info@eff.org Subscribe: listserv@eff.org, message body: "subscribe comp-org-eff-talk" Usenet: comp.org.eff.talk FidoNet: Zone 1 - INET.EFF.TALK (not backboned; feed nodes unknown) FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/Policy/ Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/EFF/Policy WWW: http://www.eff.org/pub/EFF/Policy/ * EFFector Online The Electronic Frontier Foundation's newsletter, EFFector Online (frequency: 1-4 per month), a small journal summarizing important issues of civil liberties in cyberspace. Frequently reports on methods of access to government representatives and info, legal cases of relevance to online communications, activism, "data superhighway" politics, Senate and House hearing testimony, cryptography and privacy, and threat to civil liberties. This is a moderated list/newsgroup that does not allow posts from readers. EFFector Online is a low-traffic list. The EFF-News list carries EFFector, but also includes press releases, hearing summaries, and other relevant documents. General admin: editor@eff.org Technical admin: eff@eff.org EFF info: info@eff.org Subscribe (EFFector Online only): listserv@eff.org, message body: "subscribe effector-online" Subscribe (full News list): listserv@eff.org, message body: "subscribe comp-org-eff-news" * efn@oslonett.no (EF-Norway) * efj@twics.com (EF-Japan) * efnh-discuss@mv.MV.COM (EF New Hampshire) * Electronic Public Information Newsletter (EPIN) A newsletter dedicated to informing and explaining the policies and practices surrounding the transformation of public information to electronic form. Founded in November 1991, EPIN is published biweekly (24 issues a year) in a paper format. An EPIN summary is distributed free of charge to the Internet community. EPIN is an independent publication with no ties to any stakeholder within the information community. The newsletter is based in the Washington, D.C. area; the editor is James McDonough. The subscription cost is $249 a year for business and government; $130 for libraries and public interest organizations and $65 for individuals. Subscribe (online summaries): epin@access.digex.net FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/Publications/E-journals/EPIN/ Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/Publications/E-journals/EPIN WWW: http://www.eff.org/pub/Publications/E-journals/EPIN/ gopher://gopher.eff.org/hh/Publications/E-journals/EPIN/ Subscribe (hardcopy): EPIN Box 21001 Washinton DC 20009 USA Fax: +1 301 365 3621 * The Faxing From the Internet FAQ A list of Frequently Asked Questions & answers about using the Internet to send faxes (fast, free to the user [no long distance call!], and great for activist use); issued as a periodical, and regularly updated. By Kevin Savetz. Subscribe: savetz@rahul.net, subject line: "subscribe fax-faq" FTPmail: savetz@rahul.net, subject: "send fax-faq" FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/Net_info/Technical/net-fax.faq Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/pub/Net_info/Technical, net-fax.faq WWW: http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_info/Technical/net-fax.faq Usenet: news.answers (regularly posted) * fringeware@io.com (general "interesting stuff" list, w/ fringe feel to it) * FUTUREC@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU (FutureCulture) * gaynet (Gay/bisexual issues) (subscribe: Email to "listserv@queernet.org" with line "sub gaynet <FULL NAME>" * gopher-announce and gopher-news A moderated mailing list where new gopher servers and software are announced, gopher-announce is probably the best way to learn of new activism-relevant servers (govt. gophers, organization gophers, etc.) General gopher discussion happens on gopher-news@boombox.micro.umn.edu an altogether more verbose and techie mailing list than gopher-announce. (To subscribe to gopher-news, send a request to: gopher-news-request @boombox.micro.umn.edu). Subscribe: gopher-announce-request@boombox.micro.umn.edu, message body: "subscribe gopher-announce <firstname> <lastname>" * GOVDOC-L@PSUVM.PSU.EDU (Discussion of Government Document Issues) * hott-list@UCSD.EDU (Hot Off the Press e-pub; networking issues) * ifreedom@Snoopy.UCIS.Dal.CA (intellectual freedom) (subscribe: Email to "listserv@snoopy.ucis.dal.ca" with line "sub ifreedom <FULL NAME>" * imp-interest@thumper.bellcore.com (Internet Mercantile Protocol) * INETBIB List focusing on Internet usage in libraries (of relevance to activists due to public access to information and intellectual freedom issues). NOTE: This list concentrates on German libraries (and those in other German-speaking areas), and the primary language of the list is German, though English posts are accepted. Admin: michael.schaarwaechter@zb.ub.uni-dortmund.de Subscribe: maiser@zb.ub.uni-dortmund.de, message body: "SUBSCRIBE INETBIB" Fax: M. Schaarwaechter, +49 231 727 5021 Snail: M. Schaarwaechter Uni. Dortmund, Library, Network Vogelpothsweg 76 D-44227 Dortmund, Deutchland * INTCAR-L@american.edu (computer assisted reporting outside the United States) Subscribe: listserv@american.edu, message body: "SUBSCRIBE INTCAR-L <firstname> <lastname>" * The Internet Press A list of electronic publications about Internet/Usenet, issued as a periodical, and regularly updated. By Kevin Savetz & John M. Higgins. Subscribe: savetz@rahul.net, subject line: "subscribe ipress" FTPmail: savetz@rahul.net, subject: "send ipress" FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/Net_info/Resources/net_epub.list Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/pub/Net_info/Resources, net_epub.list WWW: http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_info/Resources/net_epub.list Usenet: news.answers (regularly posted) * The Internet Services FAQ A list of interesting and useful services and resources on the internet, issued as a periodical, and regularly updated. By Kevin Savetz. Subscribe: savetz@rahul.net, subject line: "subscribe is-faq" FTPmail: savetz@rahul.net, subject: "send is-faq" FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/Net_info/Resources/net_services.faq Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/pub/Net_info/Resources, net_services.faq WWW: http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_info/Resources/net_services.faq Usenet: news.answers (regularly posted) * interpedia@telerama.pgh.pa.us (Internet encyclopedia project) * IPCT-L@GUVM.CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU (interpersonal computing & technology) * Journal of American Underground Computing (JAUC, TJOAUC) A free online newsletter similar to CuD, but longer and monthly. Highly recommended. Topics frequently include online advocacy, political alerts, info on net.culture, privacy, cryptography, censorship and more. Admin (editorial): comments@fennec.com Admin (technical): dfox@fennec.con, dfox@fc.net Subscribe: ask sub@fennec.com FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu, /pub/Zines/JAUC/ fc.net, /pub/tjoauc/ ftp.eff.org, /pub/Publications/CuD/JAUC/ FTPmail: ask info@fennec.com Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/Publications/CuD/JAUC WWW: ftp://etext.archive.umich.edu/pub/Zines/JAUC/ * LITA Newsletter The LITA Newsletter (ISSN 0196-1799) is published quarterly by the Library and Information Technology Association, a division of the American Library Association. The hardcopy LITA Newsletter is sent free of charge to members of the Library and Information Technology Association. Nonmembers may subscribe for $25 per year in US, $30 in Canada and Mexico, and $40 in other foreign countries. See print LITA Newsletter for details. The online edition is available free from the LITANEWS mailing list. Besides library administration issues, LITA frequently has articles regarding online archival, networking, electronic mail systems, GIS, AI, the "information superhighway" and other topics relevant to online activism. Editor: Gail Junion-Metz <gail@iage.com> Subscribe (online): listserv@dartmouth.edu or listserv@dartcms1.bitnet, message body: "SUBSCRIBE LITANEWS <firstname> <lastname>" * Loka-L An occasional series of electronic postings on democratic politics of science and technology, issued by the Loka Institute. Admin: Dick Sclove <resclove@amherst.edu> Subscribe requests: ask resclove@amherst.edu * Minnesota Politics & Public Policy E-Mail Forum (MN-POLITICS) MN-POLITICS is an unmoderated Internet electronic-mail list for the sharing of information on and discussion of Minnesota politics and public policy. Members of this forum are encouraged to contribute campaign and election information, announcements from Minnesota-focused political and civic organizations, public policy and legislative information, and presentations on issues of public interest. MN-POLITICS is associated with the Minnesota E-Democracy Project. Subscribe requests: majordomo@mr.net, message body: subscribe mn-politics Admin: Mick Souder <masouder@alex.stkate.edu> * net-happenings@is.internic.net (general "interesting stuff" list) Usenet: comp.internet.net-happenings * Net-Letter Guide A periodical & frequently updated list of "newsy periodicals available through the Internet." By John Higgins. Subscribe: higgins@dorsai.dorsai.org, subject: SUBSCRIBE NET-LETTER FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/Net_info/Resources/e-zines.list Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/Net_info/Resources, e-zines.list WWW: http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_info/Resources/e-zines.list * The Network Observer (TNO) A free, monthly online newsletter about networks and democracy. Available via the RRE mailing list, backissues archived on the RRE files-by-email server (see separate Red Rock Eater [RRE] entries). Subscribe (RRE): rre-request@weber.ucsd.edu, message body: "subscribe <firstname> <lastname>" FTPmail: rre-request@weber.ucsd.edu, subject line: "archive help" * NETWORKS and COMMUNITY A weekly newsletter of information relevant to community networking issues, as well as interesting and useful pointers to Internet resources. Subscribe/Info: cvington@netcom.com (request to be added to N&C list) FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/Publications/E-journals/Net_Com/ Gopher: gopher.well.com, 1/Community/communets/net.com gopher.eff.org, 1/Publications/E-journals/Net_Com WWW: gopher://gopher.well.sf.ca.us/11/Community/communets/net.com/ http://www.eff.org/pub/Publications/E-journals/Net_Com/ * nii_agenda@civicnet.org * niiregional-l@rain.org * NSF Network News NSF Network News (ISSN 1072-5172 hardcopy, 1072-6101 online) is published bimonthly in electronic and hard copy formats by InterNIC. The goal of this publication is to educate Internet users about network issues, resources, and tools; announce new and innovative uses of the Internet; and inform the Internet community of the activities of the InterNIC. Electronic subscriptions: free. Domestic hardcopy subscriptions: free. International hardcopy subscriptions: $30/year for postage and handling. 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EFF-News is a low-traffic group/list, and features each issue of EFFector Online newsletter, as well as announcements, summaries of hearings and conferences, testimony transcripts, etc. General admin: editor@eff.org Technical admin: eff@eff.org EFF info: info@eff.org Subscribe: listserv@eff.org, message body: "subscribe comp-org-eff-news" FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/Policy/ ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/Newsletters/EFFector/ Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/EFF/Policy gopher.eff.org, 1/EFF/Newsletters/EFFector WWW: http://www.eff.org/pub/EFF/Policy/ http://www.eff.org/pub/EFF/Newsletters/EFFector/ [For topic-sorted archives of news items, see Policy subdirectories; for newsletter backissues, see EFFector directory.] * comp.org.eff.talk The Electronic Frontier Foundation's general discussion forum - focuses on EFF policy, cyberspace legal issues, the "data superhighway", networking and activism, and computing futures and potential. comp.org eff.talk is also available as a mailing list, and, in some areas, a FidoNet echomail conference. 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Users of Delphi and some other commercial online systems can also access Usenet via features built into such systems. BBS NETWORK CONFERENCES ----------------------- FidoNet: * AUST_LEGAL (FidoNet zone 3; = aus.legal newsgroup) * EFA (FidoNet zone 3; EF-Australia, = efa@iinet.com.au/aus.org.efa) * R_U_NEXT (FidoNet zone 3) * INET.EFF.TALK (FidoNet zone 1; non-backbone gate of comp.org.eff.talk) [many more need to be added] ONLINE SERVICES --------------- * Women's WIRE Online service focusing on women and women's issues. Hosts online resources of more than 15 women's-interest and other nonprofit groups, through the Organization Access feature, which offers direct access to nonprofit organizations and professional associations. Among the first groups to contribute to this electronic clearinghouse are The Boston Women's Health Book Collective, Alumnae Resources, Women's Cancer Resource Center, San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women, several chapters of the National Organization for Women, Students Organizing Students, National Education Center for Women in Business, and the Domestic Abuse Awareness Project. By entering the organizations' virtual doors, users gain access to up-to-date action aslerts, calendar, newsletters, resources and expert advice on health, politics, careers and more. WWIRE is a subscriber-only service. Listing here is not an endorsement or recommendation of the service, just a notice that activist-oriented resources may be located here. General: info@wwire.net Subscription: subscribe@wwire.net (mail here to get SprintNet numbers and a starter kit [Mac or Win3.1]) Telnet: wwire.net Voice: +1 415 615 8989 OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES ---------------------- ** FTP Sites ** * ftp.eff.org (ftp://ftp.eff.org/) - Electronic Frontier Foundation * ftp.eff.org, /pub/CAF (ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/CAF/) - Computers & Academic Freedom * bell.com - MFJ Task Force archives of telecom regulatory issues ** Gopher Sites ** * gopher.eff.org (gopher://gopher.eff.org/) - Electronic Frontier Foundation * gopher.eff.org, 1/CAF (gopher://gopher.eff.org/11/CAF) - Computers & Academic Freedom * bell.com - MFJ Task Force archives of telecom regulatory issues ** WWW Sites ** * http://www.eff.org/ - Electronic Frontier Foundation * http://www.eff.org/pub/CAF/) - Computers & Academic Freedom file archives * http://www.eff.org/CAF/ - other CAF resources * http://www.eff.org/CAF/cl-index.html (A live index to "newsy" civil-liberties related Net material) ** BBSs ** * Outpost - EFF Online +1 202 638 6120 (8N1, 300-14400bps V.32bis V.42bis) +1 202 638 6119 (8N1, 300-14400bps V.32bis V.42bis, 16800bps ZyXEL protocol) ** FTPMail & Files-by-Email Servers ** * InterNIC Directory and Database Services Mail Server This server provides access to information and services available from the InterNIC's Directory and Database Services. The server is used principally for access to the file archives, but other (free) services available from Directory and Database services include the Directory and Database Services X.500 server, which provides information on an institution or person; Internet document databases; the Directory and Database Services whois server, and much more. This valuable information is only an email message away. General: admin@ds.internic.net Server: mailserv@ds.internic.net, message body: "HELP" * Patent Titles Email Server A project of Greg Aharonian's Internet Patent News Service, the PTES is similar to an FTPmail system, "where people can retrieve lists of patent titles dating back to 1970 for any USPTO class/subclass, and patent numbers for additional patents dating back to the 1800's. The Patent Titles email server is the first step in our efforts to make the entire USPTO APS patent text database system accessible over the Internet. Approximately one gigabyte of data has been prepared and attached to the Internet. General: srctran@world.std.com Server: search@world.std.com, message body: "SENDTO <account@internet.site>" and "SEND HELP" [each command on separate line.] * Red Rock Eater Archives (RRE) RRE mailing list's supplemental file archive, mostly material related to the social and political aspects of computing and networking. Archive site for TNO back issues (see The Network Observer, separate entry; cf. Red Rock Eater News Service entry.) Admin: rre-maintainters@weber.ucsd.edu Server: rre-request@weber.ucsd.edu, subject line: "archive help" ** Misc. Online Resources ** OTHER RESOURCES --------------- * New York State Legislative Services (bill texts, etc.): 1 800 342 9860 ************************************************************************* ADMINISTRIVIA ============= * IMPORTANT: Subscribe commands, and the like, when given in quotes mean "type this command, but without the quotes." 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For the standard unix gopher, for example, the syntax is: gopher -p <path> <site> <port - optional if port is 70> such as: gopher -p 1/EFF gopher.eff.org 70 WWW users: to convert a gopher path to a URL: prepend "gopher://" to the site name, and fuse the path to the site name, inserting an extra "/1" at the beginning of the path. If you have to use the port number, insert it and a preceding colon between the site and path: "gopher.eff.org, 1/EFF" becomes "gopher.eff.org:70/11/EFF/" To convert an FTP location to a URL, prepend "ftp://" to the site, and join the path to the site: "ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/" become "ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/EFF/" * WHO/WHERE: This list is maintained by Stanton McCandlish <mech@eff.org> and FAQ-ized and distributed by L. Detweiler. It is based on the list at the end of the Online Activism Organizations FAQ (itself based on an older list by Shari Steele). Future updates will be posted to the ACTION mailing list and comp.org.eff.talk, besides several other places. The most current version is available from: ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/Issues/Activism/activ_resource.faq gopher.eff.org, 1/EFF/Issues/Activism, activ_resource.faq http://www.eff.org/pub/EFF/Issues/Activism/activ_resource.faq * SCOPE: This list includes activism forums, and topical forums (computing futures, access to govt. info, privacy and censorship, regional politics, NII/GII/"Data Superhighway" issues, virtual community, civil liberties & human rights, etc.) The list focuses on: 1) activism about online issues like those topics mentioned above, and 2) general activism strategies and tools available online. The listing of all activism issues & resources (e.g. [non-]smokers' rights, environmentalism, gun ownership/regulation, etc.) and partisan politics specifics, is outside the scope of this list. NOTE: Organizations' "house organs" are not listed here, and soon neither will be govt. publications or servers. "Enforcement" of this is not yet consistent. Organizational resources (e.g. CPSR mailing lists, PRC ftp servers, etc.) are listed by organization in the 2nd part of this FAQ, the Online Activism Organizations List. Government materials will be in a 3rd list some time soon. In the mean time, see several documents providing info on govt contact and service online, available from ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/Issues/Activism/. * YOUR LISTING: Please! Check your entry regularly and make sure it is up to date. If your forum/pub/site does not have a description, please send one ASAP, or there's not really much point in listing you. Please expand on your forum/publication/site's contact information as much as possible. Thank you. * THANKS to: Carol Woodbury, Steve Barber, Simona Nass, Art McGee, Ed Cavazos, John S. Quarterman, Jon Lebkowsky, Shari Steele, L. Detweiler, Elizabeth Reid, Bernard Aboba, Ellen Pack, Eric Hughes, Derek Atkins, Tom Gray, Karl Lui Barrus, Malcolm Arnold, Mike Godwin, Shari Steele, Phil Agre, Jim Warren, Carl Kadie, and all the other folks we pumped for info. * CONTRIBUTIONS: We are constantly looking to update this list, so if you know of other resources that we should add, are are making something new available at your site, please forward the name and description of the material, and contact information, to Carol Woo <carolwoo@mcs.com>. Please also inform of any updates or changes that need to be made. * DISTRIBUTION: This FAQ is Copyright 1994 Electronic Frontier Foundation, and is made available as a freeware service to the online community, on behalf of the ACTION forum. 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