Untimely meditations

One man's thoughts, observations and rants

Tag: protest

  • Let’s make this the march of our time

    Let’s make this the march of our time

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    Joop Beris
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    Please consider donating to help Avaaz organise the biggest climate march ever. I did! In five weeks, our community is hitting the streets for the the biggest climate march in history. We will rally from Paris, where the world summit is happening, to Melbourne, to Sao Paulo, to Dhaka, and thousands of towns in between.…

  • Je suis Charlie

    Je suis Charlie

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    Joop Beris
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    Earlier today, gunmen entered the office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, gunning down 12 people in cold blood. The reason: the magazine published cartoons of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. This is why it is necessary to speak out against fanatical religious beliefs and to defend the right to free speech. That’s what…

  • Bits of Freedom calls for international opposition against Dutch proposal

    Bits of Freedom calls for international opposition against Dutch proposal

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    Joop Beris
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    Dutch digital rights defenders Bits of Freedom are calling for international opposition against the latest proposal from Ivo Opstelten, wanting to grant police the right to hack into suspects computers, even across borders. In an article on their blog, they outline the cybersecurity risks related to this proposal. I’m also hoping for a lot of…

  • ACTA countdown running

    ACTA countdown running

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    Joop Beris
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    Despite (or maybe thanks to) rumours that the EPP Group in the EU Parliament was going to try some last minute trickery to get ACTA off the agenda for this coming Wednesday, this latest threat has failed to materialize. This means that the countdown to the vote on ACTA in the European Parliament is still…

  • ACTA stakeholder hearing on April 11

    ACTA stakeholder hearing on April 11

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    Joop Beris
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    Today, I received an email from Marietje Schaake, MEP and member of the INTA committee. She announced that she is organizing a stakeholder hearing concerning ACTA on April 11, since too many half-truths have been spread concerning ACTA, according to her.

  • ACTA does NOT move to European Court of Justice

    ACTA does NOT move to European Court of Justice

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    Joop Beris
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    A little more than a month since it became known that ACTA would be moving to the European Court of Justice, it has become known that ACTA will not move to the European Court of Justice after all but remains scheduled for a vote by the European Parliament in June. Confused yet? You need not…