See http://hcpp.cz/eng/ On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 10:05:01PM +0200, Pavol Luptak wrote: > Hello everybody, > it would be my pleasure to invite you to cypherpunk conference Parallel Polis > Congress 2015 that will take place during 2-4.10.2015 in Prague / Central > Europe. > > Don't hesitate and join this great and unique event (more information below). > > Last year we had more than 1000 visitors from different countries, see the > schedule > http://www.paralelnipolis.cz/308/hackers-congress-paralelni-polis-2014-schedule/ > > Speakers already confirmed for this year - Lyn Ulbricht, Paul Rosenberg, > !Mediengruppe Bitnik, Susanne Tarkowski Tempelhof, Julia Tourianski, > Smuggler, Frank Braun, Slush, Stef, ..and much more. > > * Parallel Polis in theory > > Parallel Polis is a theoretical concept developed by Czech dissident Vaclav > Benda (1942–1999) during the height of communist domination in Czechoslovakia > in the 1970s. It was translated into English in 1978. > Benda argues that in a repressed state, it is impossible to overturn corrupt > social, economic and political institutions. Such efforts are futile. > Instead, he suggests the creation of new "parallel institutions" that are > more > responsible to human needs. > > * Parallel Polis in practice > > We were impressed by the concept of Vaclav Benda’s Parallel Polis and > Timothy C May’s Crypto Anarchistic Manifesto and Cyphernomicon. > > Embracing the current crypto-technologies we have realized a practical > feasibility of these utopian theories and started a unique freedom think tank > focused on the promotion of digital freedom, cryptocurrencies, anonymization > networks and free markets. > > For this purpose we decided to rent a big 3-floor house (with almost 1000m2) > in the center of Prague (Holešovice) - one floor dedicated to Bitcoin > coffee-house, hub and hackerspace called Institute of Cryptoanarchy. :) > > * Founders of Parallel Polis > > Parallel polis is 100% state-free project, based on voluntary contributions > only of our members and donors. > Founding members are people from Czech contemporary-art group Ztohoven > (http://ztohoven.com/) and group of cryptoanarchists from Czech and Slovak > hackerspaces, see their recent projects Moral Reform (hack of Czech > Parliament) > http://juraj.bednar.sk/blog/2013/01/06/moral-reform-by-ztohoven-an-ultimate-hack/ > and Citizen K ( > http://artoftheprank.com/2010/06/19/ztohoven-art-collective-launch-citizen-k-identity-swap/ > ) > > * Parallel Polis Congress and why we need you! > > Parallel Polis Congress is a 1-birthday party of a new era of our freedom. > For such a unique event, we decided to invite all speakers whom we have loved > and respected for a long time. > > * When & Where > > Parallel Polis Congress takes place in Parallel Polis building (Dělnická 43, > Prague) during 2-4.10.2015. > If you prefer to take public transport, take the tram number 1, 12, 14, 25, > 53 > or 54 to the tram station Dělnická. > > * Stay in touch > > http://hcpp.cz/ > http://www.paralelnipolis.cz > https://www.facebook.com/events/111132575904264/ > https://twitter.com/Paralelni_polis > -- > ______________________________________________________________________________ > [Parallel Polis - Bitcoin Coffee House, Hub and Cryptoanarchy hackerspace]
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