Category Archives: Prosfygika Daily
Sunday Morning Playtime for the Children of Prosfygika
Every Saturday and Sunday afternoon the children (and adults) of Prosfygika gather for play and collective self-education. This is a place for everyone’s growth, as kids, as well as their parents and other grown-ups in the community, find a space … Continue reading
May. A Hundred Flowers Bloom
Under the hot May sun, a dozen of Prosfygikans right now busily cleans our neighborhood, plants more flowers and trees, protects them from parking cars. Indeed, communal gardening itself is a revolutionary activity. Look yourself. We will be announcing next … Continue reading
The Shit Got Done!
Learned helplessness is the worst enemy of the community. After we finished a three-years-old waterpipe leak in block #2, people still have no faith in the LTG. So only by chance I learned last week, that there is a major … Continue reading
Breaking the Block 3 Curse
Each of the 8 blocks of apartments that makes up Prosfygika has its own unique character. These small idiosyncrasies often come from long term residents, some of whom who have been squatting here for a decade or longer, who lend … Continue reading
Sookah Bazookah
She is the first official community dog here. Her first caretaker kept her mostly on the roof or at the balcony. Occasionally he let her go freely and then she was scary, harassing people and dogs and killing cats left … Continue reading
How We Deal With The Domestic Violence
We not only do geeky things. Night 1 A lady with a 2yo daughter came from the streets and was assigned a flat in my section (staircase). Few days later her husband has been released from prison and joined her … Continue reading
The Mystery Of Cornucopia Lorry
Thanks to our friend Kerrie Moor, who coordinates humanitarian efforts among several independent teams in Athens, we had a surprise visit last Friday. A lorry, accompanied by several gentlemen, appeared in the night and just dropped almost 300 kG of … Continue reading
Light in the night…
The story of Pandora Box and the position of power. Continue reading