ACTA – time to win!

2 March 2012Avaaz

Dear friends,

In days, ACTA‘s backers will try and use the courts to revive their failing censorship attempt — referring it to the European Court of Justice with a narrow frame that’s certain to get the greenlight. We can force the court to look at the whole truth of ACTA’s attack on our free internet — and kill this treaty for good. Click below to join:

Click here to sign the petitionIn days, the European Commission will try a last ditch attempt to revive ACTA. But we can shine a light on their dirty trick and foil their plan

Governments are turning their back on ACTA one by one, so the EC is asking their Court of Justice to give the treaty the green light and renew its momentum — but they plan to manipulate the process by giving the court only a narrow, uncontroversial question to consider, hoping it will lead to a positive outcome.

We can push the court to see though the EC‘s ploy and look at all the legal implications of this censorship treaty on our freedoms — forcing a negative decision that kills ACTA for good. Click below to sign the call: 

http://www.avaaz.org/en/acta_time_to_win//?vl

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Greece Newslinks 3-6 October 2011

6 October 2011 — williambowles.info

6 October 2011
Greece government workers stage protest strike
San Francisco Chronicle
As Greece struggles to avoid a catastrophic default, demonstrators in Athens expressed outrage over their misfortune and bewilderment at a crisis that shows no signs of easing. “Nobody knows what’s going on. Every day they say something different. …
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/05/MNMJ1LDM2U.DTL

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