Author Archives: Petros

About Petros

A storyteller, witness of history, Bookchinite and liberatory technologist. Educator, writer, constructor. Unemployable urban poor who works for humanity unpaid and lives on donations. Not affiliated with any official political group. Lives in Greece, in a metaphorical barrel, emitting strange sounds (mostly over the Internet). Sometimes happens to turn stories into reality. Tech-wise: infrastructure freak. Hopelessly fascinated with material engineering. Self-proclaimed anarchist. ENTJ. Website: Freelab -- researching freedom since 2012

Master Router in Prosfygika Network

Last week, thanks to our friends from LibreMesh team, we were able to implement our Master Router software on a almost-final platform, being TP-Link WDR 4310, running OpenWRT system. We had the Master Router for several weeks, but it was … Continue reading

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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

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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

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Multilingual comrade needed!

We are looking for a (mid-to-long-term) resident trusted comrade for #Prosfygika local technical group to provide solidarity help in communication. Minimal skills: — spoken languages: English, Greek, Farsi. — political position along the lines of Kropotkin kind of anarchism. — … Continue reading

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Prosfygika Network: First stage for the First of May!

Long time no report from us, but hey, this is Greece; everything takes more time. Mostly thanks to unstoppable Naomi R and some generous donations, we finally reached the first milestone assumed for Prosfygika Neighborhood Network: 1. All users that … Continue reading

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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

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Genius Prosfygika Loci

We are not alone here. Our struggle to keep #Prosfygika alive, livable and lively is the continuation of the struggle that lasts almost a century now. This is just a handful of pictures, showing how Prosfygika started and how the … Continue reading

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Operation Big Leak. Day #1

So, we decided to face The Big Leak. The story so far… Some 3 years ago a squatter was trying to do something with the water connection in our block. It is unclear what exactly was his idea and nobody … Continue reading

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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

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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

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