Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.40.0110171645180.1632-100000@panix1.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: CYBERMIND@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Subject: Collaborative Network For A World In Crisis (fwd)
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 16:45:34 -0400
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 00:21:12 -0400 From: cary peppermint <mint77@restlessculture.net> To: infogirl@restlessculture.net Subject: Collaborative Network For A World In Crisis ------------------------------ For Immediate Release <restlessculture.net/discourse> http://www.restlessculture.net/discourse ------------------------------ <restlessculture.net/discourse> is an international network for critical dialogue of issues that affect the global community. *The focus & issues of the site will shift because it is a "user-driven", collaborative media environment.* In its conception this project is and will continue to be: *a platform for creative, intellectual response and meditation. *a "user-driven" alternative to the prescribed, sensational feeds of accelerated mass media and governments which abandon thought in their haste to implement the rhetoric of war for political, economic and/or religious gain. *a collective opposition to all forms of fundamentalism everywhere. *a web-based initiative that questions patriotism, anti-Arabism, and all forms of racism and indifference toward others in our precious and increasingly inter-dependent global community. *a collaborative media platform of informed responses to and careful analysis of a world in crisis. ------------------------------ All content for this project is generated by users/collaborators to the site and is slightly moderated sometimes by a small pool of editors and other times by a user moderated voting system. To take part in this collaborative media environment go to <restlessculture.net/discourse> and click on the link "Make a New Account." http://www.restlessculture.net/discourse for additional information contact: info@restlessculture.net ------------------------------ This project was made possible by the efforts of the following: Bill Spornitz: Conceptual, Technical Implementation & Consultant on ALL fronts Christine Nadir: Islamic/Afghan Cultural Tip Cary Peppermint: Design & Desire Alan Sondheim: Conceptual Guidance & Motivational Postings ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------