‘1984 not instruction manual’: Thousands protest NSA spying across US

[dipsydoodle]

Source: RT News USA



Thousands of protesters in over 100 US cities opted out of traditional July 4th celebrations on Thursday, instead choosing to march in nationwide protests against the US government’s NSA spying program. Participants demanded an end to global surveillance.

Major US cities taking part in the protests included New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Seattle, Memphis and Miami. London and Munich also hosted demonstrations.

The ‘Restore the Fourth’ protests were aimed at restoring the fundamentals of the Fourth Amendment – the part of the Bill of Rights which protects US citizens against unlawful search and seizure. The purpose of the rallies was to spread awareness and encourage action from everyday citizens.

Around 2,000 protesters joined the New York City protest, Restore the Fourth organizer Tim Colella told RT. Over 300 people gathered for the rally in San Diego. An additional 300 protesters marched through the streets of San Francisco chanting, “NSA go away” and "Restore the Fourth today."



Read more: http://rt.com/usa/nsa-protests-july-4-700/

[FirstLight]

1. wish there were more

people are still asleep in so many ways.

Like Occupy, they should do this EVERY 4th of every month and let the movement grow...hopefully.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. From San Diego

After lunch working on the article.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023171845

[grahamhgreen]

3. K&R!

[pansypoo53219]

4. pfft. meanwhile how much info about people is being used by crapitalism to sell you more?

[blkmusclmachine]

5. We'll fix it later.

[DeSwiss]

6. K&R

[Uncle Joe]

7. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread dipsydoodle.

[PopeOxycontinI]

8. What will it take...

to have MASSIVE FOR MANY DAYS ON END demonstrations in this country?
These seem to have happened everywhere but the US the last couple years.
We can't just the have the usual a-dozen-in-a-city-of-a-million
protest everything types showing up. What do we need to do to mobilize
several million for several days or more. Piece of fucking cake
in shitholes like Egypt, why not here?

[AdHocSolver]

9. When Americans stop believing the big lie that they are all better off...

...than everyone else on the planet, then change might be possible.

When large numbers of Americans wake up to the fact that their quality of life is headed on a downward spiral, and that they better demand improvements, or nothing is going to change.

[pmorlan1]

10. Fabulous 4th

I participated in our protest rally in Louisville, KY. The organizers of the rally read supportive comments from both John Yarmuth (D) and Rand Paul (R). We had speakers that represented various political viewpoints and despite the rain we had about 100 people show up. We aren't stopping at just the 4th of July rally. We will be educating our fellow citizens and organizing more protests and letter writing campaigns.