Print It Yourself!

Reviving the Samizdat tradition of Eastern Europe, we create a weekly on a half-fold A/4 paper summarizing the most important independent news of the period, in simple, understandable language. Anyone can download the small newspaper from the website created by the organization www.nyomtassteis.hu and reproduce and distribute it in any quantity. The aim of our “eDemocracy Workshop Association” is to promote that technological development, digital and infocommunication tools serve the establishment and consolidation of democratic conditions, improving the quality of democracy.

With the adoption of the EU’s Sargentini report, the European Union has declared that democracy in Hungary is in danger. Violations of civil liberties and the freedom of the press are especially alarming. In the last few years, Viktor Orbán and the government currently control the majority of media outlets in Hungary and promote propaganda.

Reviving the Samizdat tradition of Eastern Europe, Nyomtass Te is! (Print it Yourself!) is a weekly summary of the most important news from independent media in simple, accessible language printed on a half-fold A/4 paper. The mini-newspaper can be downloaded from our website for anyone to print and distribute in any quantity.

Nyomtass Te is! participants include activists, volunteers, and rural communities. Due to the socio-economic background of our target group, we also deliver physical copies of news from independent websites to the elderly, low income, and rural communities with limited educational and internet access.

By reaching out to communities in small towns, we offer diverse perspectives on issues often represented only from one-side. Through countering government propaganda in the Hungarian countryside, we can improve public political consciousness and democracy in the whole country

Nyomtass Te is! can be implemented in different countries and contexts. For example, the project can promote social and political engagement with civil society organizations, independent journalists. Local communities can volunteer to distribute and print local editions of Nyomtass Te is!.