[van-discuss] Re: [van-announce] ANNOUNCING RESIST.CA - NEW COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES FOR ACTIVISTS

[Chris Shelley]

I can pay $20 end of month, where do I send it?

Chris

on 22/1/03 3:08 pm, resist at resist.ca at resist at resist.ca wrote:

> ANNOUNCING RESIST.CA - NEW COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES FOR ACTIVISTS
> 
> Over the past several months, the Resist! Collective in Vancouver, BC
> has been working on getting a new internet server up and running for
> the use of radical and grassroots activists locally and internationally.
> We are proud to finally announce that resist.ca is ready to serve the
> communication needs of the activist community. Our services and webpages
> have been completely overhauled in the past few weeks - if you haven't
> seen http://resist.ca lately, check it out!"
> 
> We are now able to provide email, mailing lists, web space, domain
> hosting, secure internet live conferencing (silc), news services,
> activist calendars and organizational listings. Other services will be
> provided
> over time as demand requires and as resources are available.
> 
> To get an account on resist.ca, please go to https://new.resist.ca and
> fill out the application form.
> 
> Resist.ca is founded on the principles of mutual aid. We are currently
> asking folks to make a minumum contribution of $20 or 4 hours of your
> time a year if at all possible to help us keep these services running.
> We recognize that not everyone is able to do this and we are committed
> to serving those unable to contribute.
> 
> Continue reading to learn more about the resist.ca project and also
> check out the Member Agreement at https://new.resist.ca/magree.html for
> further information about the project and your rights and
> responsibilities as a member of the resist.ca network.
> 
> In solidarity with our allies in the struggle,
> The Resist! Collective
> 
> More About the resist.ca Project:
> 
> Resist.ca is a project the Resist! Collective.
> 
> We are 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.ca project came out of the
> Vancouver-area TAO collective which has now been disbanded. The Resist!
> Collective emerged out of TAO-Vancouver and still maintains connections
> to other TAO locals and workers.
> 
> Resist.ca exists to provide a communications space for radical and
> grassroots activists. We do not guarantee absolutely secure
> communications - but we have tried to set up services in such a way
> that some of the dominant e-security concerns are addressed. To that
> end, there are no ftp, telnet, or irc connections accepted by this
> server, and user accounts are distributed based on organizational
> affiliation and a trust model that is still being developed. Services
> that we provide include ssh, ssl, silc, spop, scp and webdav - all of
> which use encryption protocols to connect to email, webspace and
> databases.
> 
> In addition, members of the Resist! collective exercise discretion and
> security in their work as system administrators and as activists, and
> are committed to working with similar organizations in order to further
> strengthen active communities as a whole.
> 
> Resist.ca is founded on the principles of mutual aid. It takes money
> and labour to maintain the hosting services, the hardware and the
> domain names etc. If you would like to donate to us, please do so
> either by mailing a cheque or money order made out to Resist
> Communications to 312-1707 Charles Street, Vancouver BC, V5L 2T6 - or
> by depositing money directly into our credit union account at CCEC
> (2250 Commercial Dr. acount # 7819-6). Please mark the deposit or cheque
> - - Resist.ca so that we know you want the money to go towards the
> Resist project and not something else.
> 
> If you wish to communicate with us using PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), you
> can find our key at http://resist.ca/special/key which is used by the
> resist at resist.ca and admin at resist.ca accounts. Please be sure to
> include your public key for us if you wish a response to be encrypted
> back to you.
> 
> The resist.ca project is motivated by our commitment to struggle and we
> are dedicated to providing the communities in which we work secure and
> reliable assistance whenever possible.
> 
> The Resist! Collective
> 
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