From: caribdesk@igc.org (Bob Thomson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.caribbean
Subject: Subscribe to PeaceNet for Caribbean
Date: 29 Jul 92 17:48:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1472300018:000:9697
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!caribdesk    Jul 29 10:48:00 1992


From: Bob Thomson <caribdesk>
Subject: Subscribe to PeaceNet for Caribbean news

/* Written  3:10 pm  Jun 18, 1992 by jillaine in cdp:standard */
/* ---------- "PeaceNet Brochure - Short" ---------- */
                       * * * * * PeaceNet * * * * *
          International Communications for Peace and Human Rights
            A Service of The Institute for Global Communications
                    A Project of the Tides Foundation

                            18 De Boom Street
                     San Francisco, CA  94107  U.S.A.
                            +1 (415) 442-0220
                 Fax: +1 (415) 546-1976 -- Telex: 154205417
                        Internet: peacenet@igc.org


What is PeaceNet?

PeaceNet is a computer-based information system helping the peace 
movement throughout the world communicate and cooperate more effectively 
and efficiently.  

Dial Locally, Act Globally

If you have a personal computer and a modem, you can communicate with 
approximately fifteen thousand leaders, thinkers, activists and 
concerned citizens throughout the world --all for the price of a local 
call from most U.S. cities.  

Access Vital Information

PeaceNet is a repository for current, up-to-date information on a range 
of issues from disarmament to human rights, Middle East events to 
actions in the Baltics and the USSR, as well as current reports from 
Nicaragua and El Salvador.  PeaceNet users also have access to 
alternative news and information services such as Inter Press Service, 
Amnesty International Urgent Action Alerts, the Latin American Data Base 
and Pacific News Service.

Save Time & Money

Exchange messages, long documents, telex and fax messages quickly, 
easily for pennies per page.  No more phone tag, unnecessary copying, 
addressing, folding, stuffing and mailing.

Harness Powerful Technology

Post your events on international bulletin boards, prepare joint 
projects, find and discuss the latest information on important global 
issues.

Why PeaceNet?

"For the information we need to organize, we must turn to PeaceNet.  If 
you don't have a computer and modem, find somebody who does."
                                  -- Tony Avirgan
                                     Investigative Journalist, 
                                     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

"PeaceNet is a powerful tool for building our network of progressive 
lawyers and legal workers."
                                  -- Debra Evenson
                                     President, National Lawyers Guild

"The Gulf war proved that PeaceNet is invaluable in gathering news 
deliverately filtered out by the establishment press."
                                  -- Larry Bensky
                                     Nat'l Affairs Correspondent, 
                                     Pacifica Radio

"Effective communication is the heart of social movements.  PeaceNet is 
well respected for supporting these needs in our global human society."
                                  -- Clark Forden
                                     Proutist Universal, Washington, DC

"I use PeaceNet to connect to other like-minded people.  When I read the 
alerts, I feel immedatiely close to what's going on.  All of us et 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, in England


How Do People Use PeaceNet?

Use PeaceNet's electronic mail system to send messages to over 3,000 
PeaceNet subscribers, 5,000 additional activists on partner networks, 
Telex and Fax users, and many other networks around the world.  Private 
Conferences can be set up for a small group of users for internal 
communications.  Public conferences are like specialized bulletin 
boards.
  
"I 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
                                     National Toxic Campaign Fund

"PeaceNet has enabled us to maintain contact with our community health 
project in the hills of northern Nicaragua."
                                  -- Cynthia Kruger
                                     The Bocay Project

"I put materials from PeaceNet on reserve for my students.  I make 
extensive use of the Central American conferences in my research."
                                  -- Dan Hellinger
                                     Professor of Political Science
                                     Webster University, St. Louis

"I download Mid-East conferences every day  and place them in loose-leaf 
notebooks at three different cafes around Olympia."
                                  -- Peter Moulton
                                     Pacific Cascadia Green Fund

"PeaceNet helps us link elementary and secondary schools internationally 
so kids can have the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to 
the health and welfare of the planet."
                                  -- Peter Copen, President
                                     The Copen Family Fund, Inc.

"PeaceNet material provides an alternative press to an area of the 
country where it difficult to find coverage dealing with sensitive 
issues."
                                  -- Arlin Adams
                                     Westly United Methodist, 
                                     Onalaska, WI


Join the PeaceNet Online Community

PeaceNet is home to over 3000 organizations and activists.  Here is a 
sampling of U.S. groups using PeaceNet:

American Friends Service Committee
American Peace Test
Americas Watch
Amnesty International USA
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Ctr for Constitutional Rights
Ctr for Cuban Studies
Ctr for Innovative Diplomacy
Ctr for US-USSR Initiatives
Ctr for War/Peace Studies
Central America Resource Center
Central America Research Institute
Central America Historical Institute
Chile Information Project
Christic Institute
CISPES
Council on Econ Priorities
Educators for Social Responsibility
El Salvador Media Project
Empowerment Project
Friends World Committee on Consultation
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Grassroots International
Green Committees of Correspondinence
Greenpeace
Guatemala Human Rights Commission
Honduras Information Ctr
Human Rights Watch
Institute for Media Analysis
Insitute for Peace (Hawaii)
Institute for Policy Studies
International Assoc Against Torture
Labor Notes
Latin American Institute
Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute
Mobilization for Survival
National Lawyers Guild
Nicaragua Network
Office of the Americas
Oxfam
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Pledge of Resistance
Pueblo to People
SANE/Freeze
SatelLife
South Africa Now!
Swords to Plowshares
The Other Americas Radio
Union of Concerned Scientists
Veterans Peace Action Team 
War Resisters League
Washington Office on Latin America
Witness for Peace
Women's Int'l League for Peace and Freedom
World Federalist Association

PeaceNet Rates

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.  Domestic connect time is $5/hour for off-peak and 
$10 for peak time (M-F 7am to 6pm).  Alaska and Hawaii users are subject 
to slightly higher rates.  Internet connectivity is available from many 
locations for $3/hour.  International connect rates are $3/hour plus 
additional fees relevant to the individual country's public data 
network.  A growing number of countries have direct SprintNet 
connections at $21 per hour.  Some gateways and storage space are extra.

Are Discounts Available?  Yes!  For every new user you bring online, 
we'll give you two free hours of off-peak connect time.  Group discounts 
for ten or more are also available.  Information providers and 
conference facilitators may also be eligible for discounts.

How Can I Join?  Fill out this coupon and send/fax it to us immediately!  
Or you can sign up online by having your computer dial (415) 322-0284 
(N-8-1) -- have your credit card ready!  Type 'new' at the LOGIN prompt, 
and hit <RETURN> at the PASSWORD prompt, then just follow the 
instructions.


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