Originally it's this concept https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_Polis

Practically, it's Czech freedom thinktank & only Bitcoin coffee place
(physical 3-floor building in the centre of Prague Holesovice) organizing
many events (bitcoin meetups organized by Slush / Satoshilabs, libertarian
/ ancap presentations and much more)

On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 12:52:58AM -0700, odinn wrote:
>
> What is Parallel Polis? What events are coming up relating to this
> concept?
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: Parallel Polis Congress 2-4.10.2015 in Prague / Central Europe
> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2015 22:05:01 +0200
> From: Pavol Luptak <wilder@???>
> To: cypherpunks@???
>
> 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 / Centra
> l
> 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 t
> he
> schedule
> http://www.paralelnipolis.cz/308/hackers-congress-paralelni-polis-2014-s
> chedule/
>
> 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-ultim
> ate-hack/
> and Citizen K (
> http://artoftheprank.com/2010/06/19/ztohoven-art-collective-launch-citiz
> en-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
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