Introducing the Balkan Decentralized Network

from email, 3 March 2008:

Balkan Decentralized Network - a small presentation of this network

This network is a result of a long process and discussion about digital tools and physical meetings which we, grassroots, autonomous, anti-authoritarian collectives from Balkans and beyond need in order to make our struggles more visible and powerful.

We are activists from Bulgaria, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Greece, Serbia, Slovenia who are involved in local struggles but always with a global aspect.

The idea of this network came out from the last PGA inspired infotour, September 2007, when two activists traveled together in seven countries in Balkans and eastern-Europe.

We desire more collectives and people to join this project and make it a useful coordination tool - also with the critics of it - for future common actions, information exchange, call-outs for several issues.

The political goals of this initiative are based on the 5 hallmarks of Peoples Global Action network and it is a clearly inspired project by this network.

We don't accept any kind of formal hierarchy and we struggle against the informal one. We support the clear dignity of human beings as well as the animal liberation.

We call every grassroots movement, anti-authoritarian collective, autonomous space who feel related to this process to join this network as well as to join the further discussion for common activities in balkans and the support and solidarity of the anti-capitalist struggle everywhere!

We call everyone to get involved with a decentralized autonomous network without any representatives or relations with institutional organizations!

You can check out the website of the network, which is still under construction:
http://balkans.puscii.nl

Collectives involved:

1. (A)-Infoshop (Ljubljana, Slo)
2. AnarchoResistance (Sofia, BG)
3. Autonomous Center (Athens, GR)
4. Kolektif Ego (Turkey)
5. DIY-Athens
6. DIY Collective (Bulgaria)
7. Ecotopia Infocenter (Razgrad, BG)
8. F.A.R.M.A. (Athens, GR)

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The leaflet for the Balkan Decentralized Network is ready!

You can download the file for reading from here:
http://aresistance.net/data/bdn_the_leaflet_reading.pdf

and from here the file for printing:
http://aresistance.net/data/bdn_the_leaflet_print.pdf

Enjoy reading, reading and distributing it :)

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Invitation for collectives and individuals to join the Balkan Decentralized Network

As we mentioned the idea for this network came in the late summer of 2007 from the realization that more or less we, the people from the Balkans, share common problems and that’s why we should find common solutions and help each other. For sure every local collective from the different parts of the Balkans has its own local context with local problems and local struggles, but we should work as a network for solidarity, exchanging ideas, working on common actions and solutions.

After all for all of us the goal is clear – the abolishing of this inhumane system, which exploits us, no matter of our race, origin or nationality.

The Balkans is a region with mixed history and artificial state borders (as the idea of “the state” itself), which are trying to keep us separated, blinded by nationalism and chauvinism, so the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, no matter of their nationality or passport.

The first step for this network was already made – during the PGA preperational meeting in Thessaloniki in October 2007 and after that with the creation of maillist and website, as tools for coordination and exchange of ideas. But of course this won’t be enough… It’s sad that we live so close to each other and practically know so little about each other. So the next two very important steps are to expand and deepen this network in order to become stronger and also to create common actions, solidarity demos and so on…

We realize that this network is vital for our global struggles (which of course consist of many local struggles, which are truly connected) and this is the reason to invite all collectives and individuals to join the Balkan Decentralized Network!

Email: balkan-infoshop@lists.riseup.net

See: http://balkans.puscii.nl

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