Turkey, DAF Meydan #26 - Culture Autonomous Social
Center AKSC (tr) [machine translation]
Snow away from the greed of companies, authorities and a modest effort in order to lay the
foundations of a society without hierarchy AKSC. The principle of mutual assistance in
Skopje obtain a collective effort to socialize and share values such as solidarity
against the values of the capitalist system. Autonomous Cultural and Social Centre-AKSC,
2013 from space-based methods of self-organization of social opposition in Macedonia since
the ... ---- Square : The system we live in is not only economic and political life, at
the same time attacking the cultural and social life. AKSC full presence is positioning
against this attack. AKSC how long continues and what aims? ---- AKSC: In fact, the
political situation in Macedonia similar to Turkey. I think it would not be wrong to say;
They take the heads of the state where the Neo-Liberalism Beginners course. Since the
right-wing political party in power holds. With harsh neo-liberal policies, in all social
sectors, it is trying to gain control slowly but firmly. Not surprisingly, as people do
not think you can change something, gradually losing their hope. 10% of the population has
migrated to other regions in the last decade.
AKSC, autonomous, cultural and social centers abbreviation of the word. Here we try to do
in a modest way, to foster hope this change. AKSC, it is run by a group of activists in a
collective manner. These people are coming together to organize collectively and if they
do what is in different areas. It appears several initiatives in the planning stage.
Simply put, we're trying to do here, and instead of a functioning system of values that
can make you feel that we do not need to create our own value to existing systems.
Critical thinking, discussion and action ... these concepts at the core of the philosophy
aksc'n. In this environment of equality, direct democracy, solidarity and mutual
assistance, such as fitting a functioning around the concepts and trying to spread it.
We try to provide space for ourselves economic competence. So our thanks to the
participants of the solidarity of our activities we continue the operation.
Could you talk about the effectiveness of aksc'n and functioning?
AKSC, an open space for everyone. Anyone can apply to us voluntarily event. What also
agreed not allow our future at this point, we agree both what we do not allow: party,
religious or nationalist propaganda activities to do. We operate in the process of getting
out of it what we set weekly decide how. We pay attention to the principle of consensus
decision-making process.
Our weekly program, discussions, panels, talks, film screenings, poetry readings,
workshops, exhibitions, book launches, there are different activities, such as free
language workshops. AKSC, the first production-consumption in Macedonia is hosting the
cooperative. Although this project is still in its infancy, we aim to expand our
cooperative project with people quite enthusiastically approaching this issue.
Fanzine we've done in months with monthly interest and talking about what we plan to do in
the next month. Fanzine as well as in a collective manner çıkartıyoruz AKSC initiative.
There is also what we try to do in the field of ecology. Vodno Forest Conservation
Initiative as we operate in the ecological field. We do not want only to create social
awareness. We intend to make a serious movement in this area.
Well, what initiatives? How many volunteers for all these things running around in aksc?
Since the first day it opened in November 2013, AKSC the main center of the different
initiatives. The vast majority of social action in Macedonia was organized here.
Collective itself, it is made up of 15 volunteers using constant. But here it uses an
average of 100 people can talk about areas where we think the initiative together with
other people.
We know the importance of this type of collective solidarity areas. Is there something
similar in places where aksc'n of solidarity? How do you make sense of this solidarity?
We have a strong solidarity with close ties to geography. For example, Adelante comrades
from the social center in Sofia in Thessaloniki and the Inex Film Yfanet collective center
in Belgrade, we have developed a strong cooperation relations with friends. In addition,
last year, they found the visits around Europe comrades. This has encouraged us to
establish more solidarity in point. Fighting globalized, so we have to raise a global
struggle. The merger of our struggle important in this respect.
Is there anything you want to add?
Over the past days, some of us have attended one of our courses organized by students in
one of the universities in the autonomous areas occupied in the last month. On experiments
on obedience to our attention the following information milligrams. If I transfer my own
review, 65% of people if authorities neck to hurt another human being. We are pleased to
be at 35%. Thick and strong resistance lived good. Those who want to contact the Facebook
/ aksc2 to contact us.
Square in the Journal of volunteers thank you for this interview and solidarity.
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