Connectivity Providers Database

From: "Arthur R. McGee" <amcgee@NETCOM.COM> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1993 01:55:21 -0700 * * * * * 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: 404205417 E-mail: support@igc.apc.org Computer Communications with Cuba PeaceNet is pleased to now offer low-cost, high-speed, and reliable communications with networks in Cuba. This service is provided through Web, our partner network in Canada. PeaceNet provides a link to a group of political, social, cultural, academic, health and solidarity organizations in Cuba that use computers to exchange information with themselves and with people in other countries. Mass organizations and academic institutions are continually coming online. A Small Sample of Organizations in Cuba On-Line: Institute for the Study of the World Economy Cuban Peace Movement Radio Havana Cuba University of Havana Institute for Study of Consumer Demand AIDS Information Center Juventud Rebelde Center for the Study of the United States Granma International Why Use IGC's Link to Cuba? "It is by far the best source of information on Cuba available. A good example is the international reaction to the Torricelli Bill... there was little coverage of the reaction across the world. Most people in the U.S.A. had no idea of what was happening and were probably surprised by the world's rejection of this policy at the U.N. But not the readers of PeaceNet's reg.cuba conference... It is a real service." - Miren Uriarte College of Public and Community Services University of Massachusetts at Boston "The Cuba conference is indispensable for getting the most up to date info from Cuba (radio Havana), lobbying info, right wing activity, and doing networking. Keep up the good work." - Frank Scofi U.S. Hands Off Cuba Committee - New Jersey "Given the paucity of information on Cuba available, and the taint of the little I do manage to find in mainstream media, this conference is utterly, absolutely vital." - Jim Smith Freelance Journalist Toronto, Canada "The U.S. blockade affects information out of Cuba and about Cuba in a number of ways: from making it impossible for us to pay for clipping services and other feedback, to keeping what we have to say out of the U.S. media. This conference is a real blockade- buster, and it flows freely among us, as it should. Plus one extra advantage for Radio Havana: it's a great way to hear from our listeners!" Jorge Miyares English Service Radio Havana Cuba Join a World Wide Discussion Information posted to the Cuba conferences on PeaceNet's is available for all subscribers to read and transfer to their own computers. News and discussion comes from news services, non-governmment organizations (NGOs) and individuals from all over the world: from inside Cuba, from the United States, South and Central America, Europe, the Caribbean and elsewhere. PeaceNet's Cuba conference provides a unique forum for the exchange of information between Cuba and the world, without censorship or an editorial filter from the government or the mainstream press. A sample of recent articles include: Crisis Affects Educational Aid Politics of Psychiatry in Cuba Italian Designer Benetton Seeks Detente Power Brownouts Extended Good Morning America kills Spock Interview Tri-National Cuba Solidarity Conference U.S. Writer Will Invite Hilary Clinton to Island Cuban Exile Group Denies Knowledge of Arms Shipment Comandos L Promoting Terrorism Canada-Mexico-U.S. Cuba Solidarity US Can Learn From Cuba's AIDS Program Cuba & the Environment Medicine for Cuba Campaign European MPs denounce February elections as a sham News Services: PeaceNet carries a number of news services which cover Cuba. These include: - The Inter Press Service, the Third World's largest news organization, with reports in English and Spanish. - Juventud Rebelde, a monthly youth magazine from Cuba. - !CUBANEWS, transcripts of Radio Havana Cuba's International Shortwave Service in English.