Hello, it would be my pleasure to invite all of you to a unique cryptoanarchist conference - Parallel Polis Congress that will take place during 9-12.10.2014 in Prague / Central Europe. * 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/), see their recent projects Moral Reform (hack of Czech Parliament) http://juraj.bednar.sk/blog/2013/01/06/moral-reform-by-ztohoven-an-ultimate-... and Citizen K http://artoftheprank.com/2010/06/19/ztohoven-art-collective-launch-citizen-k... and group of cryptoanarchists from Czech and Slovak hackerspaces. * When & Where Parallel Polis Congress takes place in Parallel Polis building (Dělnická 43, Prague) during 9-12.10.2014. If you prefer to take public transport, take the tram number 1, 12, 14, 25, 53 or 54 to the tram station Dělnická. * Parallel Polis Congress and why we need you! Parallel Polis Congress is an opening party of a new era of our freedom. If you want to participate on this event as a speaker, please let me know - if your presentation is interesting, we can cover you all travelling and accommodation expenses (including plane tickets from US). In the case of interest, also please send me: + the name of your presentation + a short description of your presentation (you can have a 30-minutes long presentation with 10 minutes for Q/A or 5-10 minutes lightning talk) + your PGP or S/MIME key if you prefer encrypted communication * Stay in touch http://www.paralelnipolis.cz https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paraleln%C3%AD-Polis/690647371027036 https://twitter.com/Paralelni_polis Thanks a lot and see you in Prague! Pavol -- ______________________________________________________________________________ [Parallel Polis - Bitcoin Coffee House, Hub and Cryptoanarchy hackerspace]