We, the communities around the Akadimia Platonos Garden, have won against BlackRock.
BlackRock Protest Semester is a response to an illegal deal signed from the minister of the environment Giorgios Stathakis for the construction of a 45.000m2 shopping mall “Academy Gardens”, close to the archeological site and the large public garden of Akadimia Platonos. The project is backed (350mln) by the supranational corporation BlackRock, the so-called world’s largest shadow bank.
Akadimia Platonos is a unique conjunction of an archeological site and a pulsating meeting point of local and international communites. With the alternative economy gatherings, permaculture workshops, performances, martial arts lessons, courses for non-fossil energies, rainbow families celebrations, seminars on politics, fair trade shops, commons festivals, Akadimia Platonos garden manifests a culture of solidarity.
This booklet is a documentation of activities of Avtonomi Akadimia.
