edit and distribute drafts of res~arch papers, vote on issues, retrieve previous messages, structure comments in a conference in order to distribute a summary of the conference. The Network Nation describes in exhaustive detail the experiences of the EIES system. But the book is not simply the advocacy of a particular communication system. The discussions that focus on social networks, the impact of communication technology on class differences, equal opportunity, and the careful weighing of alternatives in light of social, economic and resource allocation considerations is an important con- ·tribution. ' Unlike a purely speculative tome on the f?ture of communications, The Network Nation is based on currently available technologies. The book is a wealth of information about recent experimental models, and develqpments in electronic c::ommunication tech~ology. -SJ National Self Help Resource Center 2000 S Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20009 NSHRC is involved in a variety of community, communication and informa- .tion'projects. Recently they have coordinated an experimental program to test the use-of community colleges as community based resource ,centers that could improve the capacity for citizen participation. Th_ey are a key source • of information about resource·centers. Network Notes, their newsletter, recently published two useful resource lists, one on magazines and newsletters for persons interested in community/ neighborhood issues, the other outlining some national groups working on issues of community development, self-help communication networks. -SJ The Journal ofAlternative Human Services, quarterly, $8/year individuals from: . Community Congress of San Diego 1172 Morena Blvd. Sart Diego, CA 92110 The journal is one of my primary resouic_es for information abdut innovative social services, communication and community building model projects. The Human Services in the title hardly does justice to the wide range of information and articles. The most recent issue had articles on neighborhood or~ ganizing, alternative funding, and the office of tomorrow (use of.computeraided communication systems). The "Information Exchange" section is a well-done short review section similar to Rain. In the most recent issue some resources covered included: Robin Hood Was Right: A Guide to Giving Your Money for Social Change; Consun:i,ers Guide to Nonsexist Therapy; ' Just Economics; Aegis-magazine on ending violence against women; Bulletin of the National Center for Educatioilal Brokering. -SJ July 1979 RAIN Page 3 AFIPS Washingt~n Report American Federation of Information Processing Societies 1815 N. Lynn Street, suite 805 Arlington, VA 22209 One of the bargains 9f the month. A free weekly newsletter that summarizes major legislative action related to information access, information and communication technology, regulations, privacy, freedom of information. Extensive calendar of legislative events. -SJ The Journal of Community Communications, quarterly, $6/yr. from: P.O. Box 996 Berkeley, CA 94703 One of the best (and may~e the only) sources of information on experimental community communication and information systems. Some of the staff ' traces back to the days of the bold Community Memory e,xperiment in the Bay Area,·when computer terminals • were placed in public places (The Whole Eart:h Truck Store, for example), allowing persons to exchange information in an electronic bulletin board style. The Journal has good in-depth ,articles that explore political, social and technical aspects of communicatiqns. Lots of information on recent model experiments. -SJ GOLDMINES FBI ~ollusion in Madison Anti-War Bombing - • De~a1!s on F~I forekno~ledge and presence at the Physics 1 Bu1ldmg antI-~a~ hombmg that resulted in the only (atality caused by anti-Vietnam War actions, and the government's reasons for allowing it to happen-in the January 1979 Mother Jones ($8.88/yr. or $1.50/copy, Box 2482, Boulder, C,O 80322). Another damaging piece of evidence about Uncl.e Sam, Dick and J. Edgar's true roles in those times. -TB Anti-Nuclear Civil Rights Repression in Germany Another article in the same excellent January 1979 Mother Jones gives a chilling account of current fascist repression in Germany- disbarring any lawyer who defends an anti-nuclear or civil rights case, interrogation and dismissal of workers for "anti-~overnment feelings," silencing of opposition newspaper reportmg. Worth some heavy thinking. - TB Defensive Arts I usually don't get much interested in discussions of Karate Tai-Chi, Aikido and other Asian defensive arts, but George ' Leonard's article, "Mastering Aikido" in the April '79 New Age ($12/yr. or $1.50/copy, 32 Station St:, Brookline, MA 02146) had a wonderful ,gripping feeling to it that really conveyed the psychic magic of sureness and centeredness, where the hand, heart and head together" are quicker than the eye, and where what is overc9me is more than another person's aggression. -TB The Profitable Shortage in Gasoline In These Times energy articles in their May 30 iss.ue (p. 2 and 12) ($1 from IIT, 1509 North Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60622) are enough to fuel a revolt against oil company monopolies and profiteering ~rom rigged shortages. Accounts • of tankers unable to unload high test,,no-lead.gas because all storage tanks were full and gas stations empty because of companies hoarding for higher prices. And Barry Commoner's comment on threats o_f blackouts if nuclear power plants are ~hut down: "That's dead wrong. Take the Chicago area, which 1s more dependent on nuclear power than anywhere in the country: 44 percent of their electricity comes from nuclear power plants. If you jacked up the usage of their non-nuclear plants, which are now operafrng at only 37 percent of capacity, and brought them up to 57 percent, you could close down four of the seven nuclear plants in Chicago. All the electricity produceq by nuclear power plants in the U.S. is just about equal to the excess capacity that the entire system now has." Good fuel to fire up some ch'.anges! -TB
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