--- ( Wikimaas ) --- The Maastricht' Alternative Guide --- ( grepgrrl ) --- #grep|grrl is a women into linux, computers, free software IRC channel on the indymedia irc server. --- ( grepgrrl ) --- #grep|grrl is an IRC channel, website and a collective that wants to be a space of mutual exchange and open discussions on computers, free software and linux. it is not a girl-exclusive channel, although it is made by girls for girls. --- ( Invisible IRC Proxy ) --- The Invisible IRC Project (IIP) was originally created so that people interested in facilitating privacy and free speech could work to these ends in an equally secure and anonymous environment. It has now become a haven for anyone seeking anonymous, encrypted Internet Relay Chat. The project's inspiration arose primarily from a shared interest in the Freenet Project and a desire to provide the real-time communications capabilities that Freenet could not. --- ( IP:// ) --- With two main objectives: to approximate media, arts and activist practices to new media and open source software; produce and distribute open source (free) media, IP:// will focus on developing practices and researches that aim to unite old and new communication and collaboration technologies to the collective culture production. IP:// is also a physical space to discusssion, learning, communication and participation in net.art, web art, technological-based projects, independent, communitary and tactical media events in Rio de Janeiro. The idea is to focus on projects that chalenge the unequality concerning new media and social technology tools' access, projects that stimulate the formation of collaborative networks, the organization of social movements and multiple approaches to the question of gender. --- ( IP:// ) --- With two main objectives: to approximate media, arts and activist practices to new media and open source software; produce and distribute open source (free) media, IP:// will focus on developing practices and researches that aim to unite old and new communication and collaboration technologies to the collective culture production. IP:// is also a physical space to discusssion, learning, communication and participation in net.art, web art, technological-based projects, independent, communitary and tactical media events in Rio de Janeiro. The idea is to focus on projects that chalenge the unequality concerning new media and social technology tools' access, projects that stimulate the formation of collaborative networks, the organization of social movements and multiple approaches to the question of gender. --- ( plug-n-politix ) --- european network of "open-access spaces" (free/autonomous/squatted internet cafes) . held a first congress in 2001, a second conference is currently being planned for the fall of 2003. --- ( wire.less.dk ) --- wire.less.dk is an independent project working with wireless technology to enable appropriate communications in community networks, here in denmark as well as in the developing world. Amongst other things we are developing wireless network solutions specifically engineered to meet developing world requirements. --- ( techcoop.info ) --- The organization behind this database, and also a nascent transnational technical cooperative, hell bent on the utopian transformation of immaterial labor. --- ( riseup.net ) --- Riseup.net is a project of the Red Cursor Collective, a volunteer effort of activists using technology for radical social change. We provide free online services for the social justice, global solidarity, and anti-capitalist communities. Riseup.net believes in direct democracy, anti-sexism, anti-racism, anti-capitalism, self determination, local autonomy, ecology, and cooperative economics. --- ( nadir.org ) --- nadir.org started of as a mailbox back in 1993. the main purpose of nadir is to be a convergence point of german speaking radical left. a big demand during the days of the internet hype urged us into the position of an infrastructural backbone for left groups. we run an archive, webspace and mail for left papers and groups and a linkdatabase. in parts we are involved in opensource software development, discussion about the uses of technology, enabling groups to represent themselves, etc. --- ( mutualaid.org ) --- mutualaid.org is a collective that provides technology services to the radical and progressive communities. --- ( linefeed.org ) --- linefeed.org is an anarchist collective providing web programming, system administration and server space support for anarchists, libertarian communists, and groups/individuals engaged in class struggle. --- ( london.genderchangers.org ) --- london genderchangers is the london-based offshoot of the amsterdam GCA, gender changer academy. it's an informal network of women working in technology, but also runs occasional computer recycling workshops connected to places like Access Space (http://rti.lowtech.org) youarehere (http://youarehere.metamute.com) and local infoshops (http://www.eroding.org.uk) --- ( hacklab madrid wh2001 alias cielito lindo ) --- Somos un grupo de gente que vive en Madrid, la mayoría de los cuales se conoció en el Hackmeeting de Leioa 2001; otros ya se conocían de proyectos telemáticos como sinDominio y de participar en la comunidad del software libre. La idea de los hacklabs --o laboratorios de hackin'-- no es nueva: además de entroncar con la vieja tradición de los clubs de hackers, ya existe un hacklab en Barcelona y otro en Bilbao, y varios más en Italia; dentro de su diversidad todos ellos comparten el deseo de usar la tecnología como herramienta de liberación y de establecer vínculos sociales no mercantilistas. --- ( freestream ) --- Some simple perl scripts that encode sound to mp3 and send it to an icecast server. Variations of these scripts are especially good for unattended streaming boxen, which runs the scripts in neverending loops on boot. Put fx http://freeteam.nl:8000/patapoe in your mp3player. --- ( The Freenet Project ) --- Freenet is free software designed to ensure true freedom of communication over the Internet. It allows anybody to publish and read information with complete anonymity. Nobody controls Freenet, not even its creators, meaning that the system is not vulnerable to manipulation or shutdown. Freenet is also very efficient in how it deals with information, adaptively replicating content in response to demand. --- ( TAO Communications ) --- Fundamentally, TAO is not just a big computer resource for activists. TAO is individuals and groups that make up the membership base and are engaged in the production of infrastructure and activities that support radical organizing across the globe. We are anti-capitalist activists with a 10-point program that serves as our basis of unity. Part of the infrastructure work we do to support our goals includes hosting email, mailing lists and web space for activists, training and research in tactical communications and general political education around technology and it's uses in radical communities. --- ( Six/Four ) --- The Six/Four System takes its name from June 4th, the date thousands of peaceful demonstrators were massacred in Tiananmen Square in China by the People's Liberation Army. The Six/Four System is a new protocol standard for decentralized peer-to-peer networks. Data between Trusted Peers and clients is tunneled using a trusted public key for data encryption and authentication. Together with the decentralized, Gnutella-like, but anonymous mode of routing in the Six/Four Network, this makes state-sponsored censorship based on either host-based access controls or content filtering ultimately impossible. --- ( Subvert.info ) --- Subvert.info designs and maintains webpages for a variety of non-profit and anti-capitalist groups. --- ( Shift-Control Collective ) --- Based in New York City, the Shift-Control Collective, dedicated to bringing technology to progressive and radical activists and to bringing progressive and radical activism to techies. --- ( Resist! Collective ) --- The Resist! Collective is committed to providing communications infrastructure resources to those who we identify as allies in the struggle against capitalism and for a better world. The Resist! Collective emerged out of TAO-Vancouver and still maintains connections to the TAO/OAT (http://tao.ca) collective. As well, we are affiliated with the TechFed (http://notes.techfed.net). --- ( Protest.Net ) --- Protest.net is an activist web calendar service. We have a website which lists activist events around the world. Our calendar software is useable as a web service so other groups can create a calendar for their site on protest.net and not need to install software themselves. Protest.net works closely with a lot of indymedia projects and we have setup branded versions of protest.net for IGC, Z Magazine, Rage Against The Machine, and Chumbawamba. --- ( PRINT ) --- PRINT is a squatted computer workshop in Dijon, France. We aim at empowering people through the use of recycled hardware and free software, sharing knowledge & skills through non-hierarchical workshops, granting open access to the internet through our cyber-squat-café, encouraging subversive contents through participation to alternative media structures, getting geek and activist cultures to meet through our activities, drinking coffee && make world. --- ( Puscii ) --- PUSCII (Progressive Utrechts Subversive Code of Information Interchange), is a free internetworkplace, where people can make usage of computers for free. Networking, writing pressreleases, burning cd's, linuxing, reading email, printing, learn techie-stuff etc etc... Information has to be free and needs to be accessible for everyone, and not everyone has the money to afford expensive equipment. And free internetproviders touch your privacy, because they sell your internet- habbits to third parties. --- ( Prometheus Radio Project ) --- Prometheus Radio Project has played a key role in the struggle to get licenses for community radio stations. Prometheus practices a mixture of research, advocacy, activism and direct services to organizations that want to start radio stations on the newly won rules for neighborhood radio. --- ( Opportunity Access ) --- Mission: To establish public computer centers for underdeveloped communities in order to provide access to current and future opportunities. --- ( Multimedia Institute ) --- Non profit organisation founded in 1999 in Zagreb, CROATIA. Works in the field of new media culture and beyond. Has established net.culture club "mama" in Preradoviceva 18 street as main meeting place for contemporary arts/culture/activism/theory/technology scenes. --- ( MPHackLab-Rojcnet ) --- The Monteparadiso HackLab is a project of the Monteparadiso Collective (squat.net/monteparadiso) from Pula (croatia). We have 11 computers with Debian Linux and people can use them for free to browse on the net, check mail, write, etc... everyday from 19 to 23. In the hacklab is also possible to copy cds, have a copy of a Linux or BSD distribution for free. There is always a person that assists the users of the hacklab. There are also free courses on Linux, html, perl, CGI, Linux instalation, etc... We also have a project called Rojcnet (www.rojcnet.hr). The project is about connecting and informing all the NGOs and iniciatives situated in the ex military barracks Karlo Rojc in Pula. The network among the NGOs and iniciatives is run through the mailing list rojcnet@list.carnet.hr. The news about the iniciatives in Rojc (just in croatian) are on www.rojcnet.hr --- ( Magaf ) --- Magaf (Hebrew for boot) is a community of Israeli geeks. The idea is to have a play-field where people can experience various technologies. The most active and popular crew is the "Johny Random Seed" crew. It maintains "Ubik CipherSabre" - a javascript implementation of strong encryption and various ubik-based applications. The crew promotes it at physical (and soon - virtual) eParanoia workshops. We also have a free-for-all no-questions-asked Jabber instant-messaging server. It's not encrypted (no SSL) in order to encourage people to use client-side encryption and leave us out of the loop (how do you know WE weren't hacked?). Feel free to open accounts there. It's free and anonymous. For help on client-side encryption, just yell - and we'll help you DIY it. Play nice :-) --- ( Mir-Coders ) --- Mir is an Open-Source content managment system, designed to run an indymedia(type) website. Besides powering several indymedia sites, a number of progessive organizations use Mir customized for their own needs. Mir aims to provide sophisticated functionality, for example, complete multi-lingual content production, editing, administration, and presentation, while retaining the ability to be run on less than top of the line hardware through extensive static caching. --- ( Gender Changer Academy ) --- The GCA (Gender Changer Academy) is a nonprofit organisation run by women volunteers. Borne out of the ASCII initiative we started out in December 2000. Today there are GCA groups in Amsterdam, London, Philadelphia and soon also Vancouver. Our primary goal is to improve women's understanding and skills with regards to (recycled) computer technology, Free Software and Open Source products. To attain this the GCA provides courses and workshops for women in computer hardware, linux installations, LateX, HTML, computer security etc. --- ( Diversity Radio ) --- Diversity Radio intends to disseminate diverse views of participants and other people from the World Summit on Sustainable Development and elsewhere around the world where there will be WSSD-related events taking place. We seek to bring content-rich news and views from a range of perspectives and broadcast these to the internet, local and community radios. As well as providing real-time radio, we will provide archived material in digital format. As a final wish, we would, ideally, like to be able to provide some edited material on easily accessible media such as cassette tapes, especially for Southern audiences. --- ( ConnecTAZ ) --- Siamo ragazzi e ragazze provenienti da percorsi differenti. Collettivamente abbiamo elaborato un progetto partendo dai nostri bisogni, desideri ed esigenze. Internet.start.point: uno spazio dove poter condividere, formarsi, socializzare, e comunicare. Internet: un servizio gratuito, uno strumento in grado di permettere l'accesso ai saperi, di trasmetterli e trasformarli. Start: la capacitŕ di individuare un punto di partenza in grado di valorizzare e trasformare le risorse a disposizone. Point: l'ambizione di poter connettere reti differenti --- ( Contrast.org ) --- Contrast.org is a web asylum, started to host websites that are in legal problems in other places. --- ( Albuquerque Bandwidth Coop ) --- The Bandwidth Coop is a collectively owned and operated provider of internet services. We offer webhosting, email and database services to businesses, individuals, and progressive groups. We also provide hosting to a number of Independent Media Center groups around the world. --- ( A-Infos Radio Project ) --- The A-Infos Radio Project was formed in 1996 by grassroots broadcasters, free radio journalists and cyber-activists to provide ourselves with the means to share our radio programs via the Internet. To our knowledge, the A-Infos Radio Project was the first grassroots media project of it's kind on the internet. Our goal is to support and expand the movement for democratic communications worldwide. We exist to be an alternative to the corporate and government media which do not serve struggles for liberty, justice and peace, nor enable the free expression of creativity. The archived material is available to anyone who wants it free of charge. We welcome submissions from all stations and independent producers in the service of these goals. All material is donated by its producers who are solely responsible for its content. --- ( ASCII ) --- ASCII(Amsterdam Subversive Code for Information Interchange) is a public internet workplace in Amsterdam, providing free internet access seven days a week. Entirely run by volunteers on donations and without microsoft products. We also offers classes and workshops on Linux, computer security, programming, information politics, etc., produce a weekly news radio program, colloborate with the GenderChangers Academy, and serve coffee. --- ( Amsterdam Wireless ) --- Amsterdam Wireless is an initiative to make a non-commercial community wireless internet network in Amsterdam. We are trying to build a network of interconnected nodes through the city, that provide both free access to the internet and special high bandwith signals that are only available on the wireless net. --- ( AmsterdamWireless.NET ) --- Same as amsterdam-wireless.nl we want to create a free wireless network in Amsterdam The Netherlands. Now working on a simple wireless firewall allowing everyone to surf the net (http port 80 only) and members total access. Now looking for a (open for all) place to arrange meetings and help people build their own anntennas and set up access points. Offering wireless access already through some of our own access points. 40 records found.