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The Kasimovskaya Alternative

Antifascist project

Counter-cultural project

Ecological project

Anarchist project

Human-right project

Town newspaper "The Way to Freedom"

Publishing group "The Third Way"

Annual festival of non-commercial and independent music

Head-quarters of the international radical ecological movement "Rainbow Keepers"

Central archives of "Rainbow Keepers"

The program of Social-Ecologicai Union "Localization"

All that things and many others...

P.O.Box 52, Kasimov, Ryazan Region, 391330, Russia,

tel.+7 (09131)4 15 14

E-mail: rk@lavrik.ryazan.ru

rk2000@mail.ru µµµµ

The Kasimovskaya Alternative µ µµµµ

Mission: Creating in the concrete region (the city of Kasimov in the Ryazan Region) the active model of the society which is orientated towards social-ecological values (absolute priority of Life and Freedom) with proper political , cultural, social and economical mechanisms, and also soft mechanisms of protection from the sistem.

Explanations: Departure, in a sense, from frontal and total conflict with the sistem, concentration of efforts and resources on the separate territory (but, at the same time, without departure from reality).

Strategical task-minimum: 1. Creating in the region strong civil society and model of democratic self-government attractive for reproduction in the other regions of the country. 2. Creating the base of the movement "Rainbow Keepers".

Strategical task-maximum: 1. Creating on foundation of the region free territory based on principles of ecological anarchism or similar principles. 2. Creating the base for total social-ecological changes in the country.

Tasks and stages

Blok 1. Preparation.

1. Working out the program "Kasimovskaya Alternative"

discussions of the theme in the electron nets of social organizations and on the pages of their publications, on the seminars, conferences etc (the work was begun in 1998, summer);

carring out regular meetings of activists engaged in the project (since November, 1998);

carring out the conference of "Rainbow Keepers" (RK) in connection with working out the program (May, 1999);

dividing up spheres of responsibility among the participants of the project, making a schedule and a list of necessary resources and the ways of their mobilization (since May, 1999);

concluding an agreement between RK and The Social-Ecological Union (SEU).

2. Mobilization and concentration of potential, engaging new participants in the project

- rezolutions about central project and special funds at the conference of RK;

- work at The SEU - through the program "Localization", conferences of SEU and the Council of SEU. Making "The Kasimovskaya Alternative" one of the priorities of activity of SEU;

- distributing the program "The Kasimovskaya Alternative" among social organizations (since May, 1999);µµµµ

- publishing propaganda materials in "The Bereginya" and other publications of ecological movement and also in the publications of other movements.

3. Creating the base (the first project in Kasimov)

acquirement of the house (November, 1998);

installation of a telephone and E-mail (the telephone is installed);

concentration of several central functions of RK in Kasimov (archives, head-quarters etc., since May, 1999);

starting the first social project;

town newspaper "The Way to Freedom"; selling alternative publications (since 1999);

creation of special fund of RK;

base of vacancies and real estate for provision of employment of the participants of the project.

4. Drawing investitions to "The Kasimovskaya Alternative"

searches of means for "development of free society", for ecological projects in Kasimov etc. through funds or means of social organizations engaged in the project;

starting repaid projects - cafe, book-shop etc.;

an English-speaking volunteer for communication.

5. Development of the projects

assistance to the organizations who wish to create their own projects in Kasimov;

creating economical base of the project - that is repaid progects, perhaps, with consolidation of some part of means into total fund of the project (publishing, conference-center, alternative or ecological tourism etc.);

carring out regular conferences with corrections or additions to the program "The Kasimovskaya Alternative", engaging new strengthes etc. (since May, 1999);

creation agrarian sector (buying a neglected village in the region);

concluding agreement with other alternative projects;

transferring in Kasimov offices of SEU (the program "The Localization" etc.) and other organizations, for example, correspondent office of "The Bereginya" - Agency of Volzhskaya Ecological Information (AVE-info)...

Blok 2. Infiltration.

Working out the program of alternative (non-industrial) development of the region and town

searches of experts and engaging them in the project;

regular seminars (perhaps, of international level).

6. Development of alternative civil society

creating or assistance in creating of blok of social organizations (ecological, juridical, trade-unions) in Kasimov;

creating mass organization with anarchist orientation (Federation of Anarchists) and mass trade-union with anarchist orientation;

starting RK's public projects of "The Kasimovskaya Alternativa" (publishing newspaper, radio station, book-shop, library, club);

creating open lecturing bureau (then - university, college), work of participants of the project in cultural and educational institutions.

7. Remaking political sistem

working out the program of political actions;

sistem of regular gatherings of residents (turning in the sistem of referendums);

sistem of participation of society in acceptance of decisions;

direct control over the bodies of local self-government, possible participation of the project in local election;

attempts to realize some elements of alternative by means of existing agencies (for example, to use Volunteer Public Order Squad for people's self-defence from criminals).

8. Remaking economical sistem

working out principles of alternative economics (releasing time, creative work, orientation on simple, long-lived products);

soft departure from regional and federal taxes;

removing maximum possible part of local economics from financial sphere;

total exployment at the expense of reduction of working time;

stopping moving markeable floods to the intra-regional level;

stimulation and support of small business (without hired labour),cooperatives (with equal share participation) and municipal enterprises ( especially oriented towards local consumption). Soft superseding other subjects of economics, hard superseding trans-national corporations.

9. Laying cultural bombs

propaganda of RK and other movements as the only alternative;

toponimical policy (calling streets, populated areas, natural objects politically attractive names);

square of three cultures;

memorials, museums to anarchist classics;

renaming the region in "revolutionary" or "autonomous";

Blok 3. Expansion.

10. Popularization of "The Kasimovskaya Alternative" in mass mentality over the country

epatage (but connected with the idea) statements and internal decisions;

creating special press service and juridical department;

publication of natural newspaper from Kasimov, radio station and other mass media;

continuation of RK's work outside the region in former (or bigger) volume.

11. Making alternative nets

direct agreements with subjects of alternative space (Chiapas, etc.) and also similar regions;

propaganda through the associations of self-government, small towns and other structures;

12. Reaching real autonomy

constitutional possibilities;

possibility of soft departure from political-economical space of the country;

political confrontation (with consolidation of all society and possibility of creating parallel structures of self-government in the case of liquidation of the official structures).

Send your sugestions with regard to development of "The Kasimovskaya Alternative", organization of your own projects or participation in the existing projects on the above-mentioned adress.