{"id":15626,"date":"2012-02-10T15:49:19","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T23:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=15626"},"modified":"2012-02-10T15:49:19","modified_gmt":"2012-02-10T23:49:19","slug":"acta-day-of-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=15626","title":{"rendered":"Acta Day of Action"},"content":{"rendered":"

from Avaaz.org<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In 24 hours, people across the planet are joining\u00a0a global street protest to bury ACTA for good.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week\u00a0our massive 2 million ACTA petition caused shockwaves in Brussels,<\/strong> and we’ve just learned that\u00a0Germany has put ACTA on ice<\/strong>\u00a0and other governments are close to following suit. If Europe says no to ACTA, it dies!\u00a0 We’re at a tipping point<\/strong> —\u00a0If enough of us join the protest tomorrow,\u00a0we can secure our online freedom and end the threat of ACTA’s censorship nightmare.<\/p>\n

Let’s turn out in thousands to protest<\/strong>\u00a0or, if we can’t be there in person (most of the protests are in Europe),\u00a0send messages of solidarity to our fellow citizens who are marching.<\/strong> Click here to use our map tool to find an event near you, or leave a solidarity message for marchers:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.avaaz.org\/en\/acta_day_of_action_hub\/?vl<\/a><\/p>\n

Our massive ACTA petition was personally delivered to leading EU politicians in Brussels this week<\/strong> as it grew to 2.2 million signers and beyond. The European Parliament is choosing their new point person on the treaty right now. Let’s make sure that person realises that ACTA is too hot to handle.<\/p>\n

Four Eastern European governments and now Germany have just said they’ll stall their decision<\/strong>\u00a0on the treaty. Now, if hundreds of thousands of people attend thousands of rallies all across Europe tomorrow,\u00a0we can ensure that all politicians across the 27 EU countries are put on notice that people don’t want ACTA<\/strong>\u00a0and will continue to take action until the treaty is buried.<\/p>\n

Those of us in Europe can join the protests. And we all can send messages of solidarity to encourage the people there and use social media to pile the pressure on key parliamentarian.\u00a0Click here to check out the action centre, and tell everyone.<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.avaaz.org\/en\/acta_day_of_action_hub\/?vl<\/a><\/p>\n

Again and again, we’ve shown how people power can work. When our fundamental freedoms are at stake, and we act together, we can forge an unstoppable force that makes politicians turn away from the corporate lobbies, and work in the interests of all of us. Let’s do it again.<\/p>\n

With hope and determination,<\/p>\n

Alex, Alice, Pascal, Emma, Ricken, Maria Paz, Luis and the rest of the Avaaz team<\/p>\n

More information:<\/p>\n

Acta activates mass opposition (Euractiv)
\nhttp:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/infosociety\/acta-activates-european-civil-society-news-510533<\/a><\/p>\n

Acta: Europe braced for protests over anti-piracy treaty (BBC) http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-16906086<\/a><\/p>\n

Latest pact on internet piracy set to be derailed (Financial Times) http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/2\/a52f57ec-533d-11e1-aafd-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1lzG5htN5<\/a><\/p>\n

Czech Republic, Slovakia freeze anti-piracy pact (AFP) http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/afp\/article\/ALeqM5gguBSrXtQKnr0famyhxMlNK2plDQ?docId=CNG.956cc047c755305c8ad4580183554bcc.71<\/a><\/p>\n

ACTA vs. SOPA: Five Reasons ACTA is a Scarier Threat to Internet Freedom
\nhttp:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/articles\/286925\/20120124\/acta-sopa-reasons-scarier-threat-internet-freedom.htm?cid=2<\/a><\/p>\n

Act on Acta now if you care about democracy and free speech (The Guardian)
\nhttp:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2012\/feb\/03\/act-acta-democracy-free-speech<\/a><\/p>\n

The secret treaty: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and Its Impact on Access to Medicines
\nhttp:\/\/www.msfaccess.org\/content\/secret-treaty-anti-counterfeiting-trade-agreement-acta-and-its-impact-access-medicines<\/a><\/p>\n

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from Avaaz.org: In 24 hours, people across the planet are joining\u00a0a global street protest to bury ACTA for good. This week\u00a0our massive 2 million ACTA petition caused shockwaves in Brussels, and we’ve just learned that\u00a0Germany has put ACTA on ice\u00a0and other governments are close to following suit. If Europe says no to ACTA, it dies!\u00a0 … Continue reading “Acta Day of Action”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,348,8,11,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-events","category-multimedia","category-news","category-science-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15626\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}