A Rally Against Mass Surveillance 12pm This Saturday, 10/26, in front of Union Station, Washington, D.C.

HERE's more information on the Rally Against Mass Surveillance this Saturday, 26 OKT 13. I will be there, because I still have the right to speak out against my government spying on me and my fellow Americans! Our Democracy, the Republic we love, our civil liberties are at risk and we must act to end the government's mass surveillance program NOW!!!!!

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Published on Oct 23, 2013

StopWatching.us is a coalition of more than 100 public advocacy organizations and companies from across the political spectrum. Join the movement at https://rally.stopwatching.us. This video harnesses the voices of celebrities, activists, legal experts, and other prominent figures in speaking out against mass surveillance by the NSA. Please share widely to help us spread the message that we will not stand for the dragnet surveillance of our communications.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a nonprofit civil liberties law and advocacy center that has been fighting the NSA's unconstitutional spying for years. Learn more at https://eff.org.

Rally Against Mass Surveillance

When: Saturday, Oct. 26, 11:30am-3pm
Where: Start at Union Station in Columbus Circle, march to Capitol Reflecting Pool
Details: Marchers will gather at Union Station at 11:30 a.m. in Columbus Circle. At noon we’ll march to Union Square (on 3rd Street and Madison Dr. NW in front of the Capitol Reflecting Pool) where the rally will take place.

As always, we need your help spreading the word. Be sure to RSVP for the event on Facebook (and invite your contacts), download posters, hit up Twitter, email your contacts or call your friends.

See you Saturday,

Josh, Ben, Charlie, Mary Alice, Katherine and the rest of the StopWatching.Us coalition.

The NSA is spying on everyone's personal communications. It’s operating without any meaningful oversight.
On October 26th, the 12th anniversary of the signing of the USA Patriot Act, we're holding the largest rally yet against NSA surveillance. We’ll be handing more than a half-million petitions to Congress to remind them that they work for us — and we won’t tolerate mass surveillance any longer.
A stellar group of whistleblowers, activists, researchers and others from both sides of the political spectrum will be speaking at this historic event. The list includes:

• Congressman Justin Amash
• Former senior NSA executive and whistleblower Thomas Drake
• Social critic Naomi Wolf
• Jona Bechtolt, from electro-punk band YACHT
• Claire L. Evans, also from YACHT
• Lt. Dan Choi, LGBT advocate and U.S. veteran
• Rainey Reitman, EFF
• Bruce Schneier, internationally renowned security technologist
• Craig Aaron, Free Press
• Kymone Freeman, Director of the National Black LUV Fest
• Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson
• Khalilah Barnes, EPIC
• Shahid Buttar, Bill of Rights Defense Committee
• Malachi Byrd, DC Youth Poetry Slam Team
• Wafa Ben Hassine, writer and human rights advocate
• Former Congressman Dennis Kucinich
• Laura Murphy, ACLU
• NOT4PROPHET, Hip Hop MC and community organizer
• Black Alley, DC-based soul-garage band

Location:
Marchers will gather in front of Union Station at 11:30 a.m. by the Christopher Columbus Memorial Fountain in Columbus Circle. Shortly after noon we’ll march to the National Mall at 3rd Street and Madison Dr. NW, in front of the Capitol Reflecting Pool, where there will be a stage set up for our rally speakers, musicians, and performers.
Read more and see a map.

Who we are

StopWatching.us is a coalition of more than 100 public advocacy organizations and companies from across the political spectrum. We came together in June 2013 to demand the U.S. Congress investigate the full extent of the NSA's spying programs. Go here to read our letter to U.S. Congress demanding accountability and reform.
Members of the StopWatching.us coalition include:

PUBLIC ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS:

+ More than 100 others. See the full list.

INDIVIDUALS:

Tim Berners-Lee
Inventor of the World Wide Web

Daniel Ellsberg
Whistleblower of the Pentagon Papers, Author

Gabriella Coleman
Author and academic

Glenn Greenwald
Journalist and lawyer

Ai Weiwei
Chinese artist and activist

Xeni Jardin
Journalist and founding partner of Boing Boing

Eli Pariser
Founder, Upworthy

Wil Wheaton
Actor

Alexis Ohanian
Founder, Reddit

Ben Cohen
Campaign donor

Anil Dash
Entrepreneur, technologist and writer

+ More than 30 others. See the full list.

COMPANIES:

+ More than 20 others. See the full list.

NEWS

Announcing The Stop Watching Us Video

23 Oct 2013 Read more ...

Project Megaphone: Fight Surveillance With 9 Lines of Code

17 Oct 2013 If you own a website, you can help us put a stop to warrantless surveillance.
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Get on a bus, or find a rideshare

11 Oct 2013 On Oct. 26, thousands of people — including you — will descend on Washington, D.C., to tell Congress to stop the NSA’s unconstitutional mass surveillance.
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Announcing the Rally Against Mass Surveillance

18 Sep 2013 The recent NSA revelations have laid it all out: The NSA is watching us online and on our phones. The NSA has corrupted security and cryptography, undermining the fabric of the Internet. Its overreaching surveillance is creating a climate of fear, chills free speech, and violates our basic human rights — and it operates without any meaningful oversight.
Read more ...
https://rally.stopwatching.us/