ACTA: A message to Poland from Mainz (Germany) (by m4xek1ng)
I think what we all can learn from this is: against all intentions, the euro ended up dividing Europe, and ACTA ended up uniting it. Who would have thought! ;)
Report about acta protests with mainly pictures from Dusseldorf from the German evening news.
(Can you spot us Ati?)
Sorry for all these ACTA posts. But this picture here gives me a stomach ache for many reasons- it’s a photo from an anti-ACTA protest in Athens today.
It’s perfectly understandable that this issue wouldn’t draw out too many people in Athens about now, the Greek have been out in the streets for an entire year now for much more pressing matters. So - kudos to those who were so convinced of their cause that they went anyway, without expecting too much support.
And now look at this photo: four girls surrounded by riot police in heavy armor. In contrast, the total number of police I saw at the Düsseldorf protest today was 4-5 people IN TOTAL, walking along with a crowd of thousands.
Putting ACTA aside for a moment, for me this photo really paints an upsetting picture of Greece right now. The “being tied up and gagged” gesture is probably supposed to be about ACTA, but really with all these police standing behind them it gets a different meaning altogether. In Greece now, any sort of protest about anything is met with intimidating police presence. These few girls, who are just trying to point out the danger of censorship through ACTA, are met with a reaction as if they were terrorists.
Of course I know why Athens is on edge - but is that still democratic?
(Quelle: krautykraut)
Pictures I took today:
Anti-Acta protest in Düsseldorf.
“WER NICHT HÜPFT DER IST FÜR ACTA HEY HEY”
I’m here together with Ati (zwiebelmett on tumblr), everyone is jumping up and down because “Whose who don’t jump are for ACTA” and also it keeps us warm on this cold February day! (Taken with instagram)
Ich bin dafür!^^
