Freedom Not Fear 2011/Concept

A broad Outline of our Concept

• English: The idea is to organize mass protests, arts actions, flashmobs, parties or other real-life activity
• Italiano: L'idea e' quella di organizzare proteste di massa, arts actions, flashmobs, parties or other real-life activity

• simultaniously on 10 September 2010 and during that week
• in every capital city of Europe (other countries very welcome!)

The protest is for:

• freedom
• democracy
• freedom of speech
• the right for privacy
• the right for private communication
• a just society
• a free society

against:

• mass-surveillance
• mass data storage
• mass data retention
• video-surveillance
• erosion of the privacy of communication between

• lawyers and clients
• doctors and patients
• prayers and confessors
• journalists and sources

• erosion of the fence between secret services and police
• fortress Europe
• a system of mistrust

Potential allies and cooperation partners are:

• privacy activists groups
• traders/workers unions

• of lawyers
• of journalists

• human rights groups
• civil liberties groups
• churches (christian/jewish/muslim/...)
• every other political group or organization (because political participation needs trustworthy communication)
• you, your family, friends, colleagues!

The aim is to:

• raise media awareness
• raise public awareness
• raise political awareness
• make clear that we are many
• make clear we are everywhere
• change politics
• change the world
• spread the word
• finding more supporters and volunteers

Let's rock! Please refer to the Howto page for more infos on how to participate!