I'm writing to pass along some news from Germany - where national elections will take place later this month.
Last Saturday, 10,000 (maybe 15,000) people took to the streets of Berlin to demonstrate for "Freedom Not Fear". This marks the third (and largest) anti surveillance demonstration the city has seen during the past two months. There were two talks in English, one by Jacob Appelbaum¹, another by Parker Higgins² of EFF. Local activist Anne Roth³ spoke in German - her talk (worth a read) is available in written English: http://annalist.noblogs.org/post/2013/09/07/die-rede-bei-der-demo-freiheit-statt-angst-2013/#english -- Alster ¹ Youtube video ID: KTjQ6Fbp3YE ² Youtube video ID: 9Gj_4khVap8 ³ Anne's family has been under surveillance for at least two years, their apartment was raided by riot cops and her partner was arrested for months on weak (and - as quickly turned out - unfounded) domestic terror suspicions. Youtube video ID: T0WKr-NMf78
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