ITP V.013 SOCIAL JUSTICE: "RESTORE THE 4th": STOP NSA CYBER SPYING (and...HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY 7/4-U.S.A.)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/03/nsa-protest-reddit-mozilla-july-4_n_3540893.html
http://www.restorethefourth.net/

ITP V.013 EDITORS NOTE: While a Holiday here in the U.S.A., ITP's editor understands today is not a Holiday everywhere else in the world. Unless an important announcement (release, tour dates)  is sent today,
I'm off for this 7/4 Holiday preparing metal news features.

Watchful and aware, constrain every movement

Admit the consequences, freedom's an illusion

Where is security governed through scrutiny?

Your privacy denied, organized and confined!

No place to hide!

No place to hide!

There is no place to hide

Plugged in your mind

Conformed design

To concede your rights

Concede your mind

Surrender to authority-FEAR FACTORY

As we're celebrating  INDEPENDENCE DAY, today 7/4-(U.S.A.) and watching revolutions vs. lack of civil, constitutional and human rights and liberties, take some time to think about your own country here in the U.S.A, the freedoms you enjoy and want to keep.

It's easy to point fingers at repressive regimes. However, as proud as Americans  are of our constitution and democracy, we too are watching our constitution shrink and witnessing some epic battles to expand the constitution.

While many of us prefer the latter of the two battles, it is common knowledge that 1st and 4th amendment rights are VERY important to AMERICANS as also issues of National Security.

However, are we as Americans prepared to give up civil and constitutional rights for national security, or is the agenda of the NSA (and even NDAA) to keep Americans "submissive" to corporate and political agendas?

It is common knowledge, despite efforts to the contrary (voting down SOPA and CISPA) that we as Americans are being spied on by our own National Security (NSA),  without due process, warantless searches and seizures are common without any substance to claims of "activities" and bullying to rationalize censorship.

Let's think about what we WANT vs. what we NEED as Americans and why we enjoy being FREE.
ITP V.013 supports both 1st and 4th amendment rights and is joining today's protests against cyber spying of any sort or type (including those annoying mallware, spyware and ad ware programs).  The above banner (on top ITP's subject header) includes a petition against NSA dragnet surveillance programs, sign it, and let the NSA and the U.S. government know that we would like to keep our constitutional rights and civil liberties and we support the 4th (and 1st)  amendments.

REDDIT, MOZILLA, 4 CHAN, WORDPRESS and many more of your favorite servers and sites are also joining todays protest.
https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2013/06/11/stopwatching-us-mozilla-launches-massive-campaign-on-digital-surveillance/
So please,  sign the petition for the "Stop Watching Us" campaign via FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE, EFF, MOVE ON and INTERNET DEFENSE LEAGUE and have an AWESOME JULY 4th  INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

FROM FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE:
Over half a million people have signed onto the Stop Watching Us campaign, a nonpartisan, grassroots effort opposing the dragnet surveillance programs of the NSA. Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, also has added his support to the campaign and was joined by internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei. Add your name now.

On the Fourth of July, groups of concerned individuals will take to the streets in dozens of cities across the United States in support of the Fourth Amendment. The movement -- known as Restore the Fourth -- aims to end all forms of unconstitutional surveillance of digital communications by the United States government. Visit the website to learn more and find a protest in your area.

FROM RESTORE THE 4TH: 

United States of America (June 18, 2013) —

Restore the Fourth is a grassroots, non-partisan, non-violent movement that seeks to organize and assemble nationwide protests on July 4th, 2013. Protesters in over 100 cities across America will gather to demand that the government of the United States of America adhere to its constitutionally dictated limits and respect the Fourth Amendment. http://www.RestoretheFourth.net provides a detailed list of protest locations.

Restore the Fourth maintains that justification of the Fourth Amendment beyond the original text need not be given; the legitimacy of which is self-evident. "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." The Fourth Amendment of the Bill of Rights clearly protects all citizens’ assets, both digital and physical, against searches and seizures without warrant; they aim to assert those rights. They insist that the proper channels of government work to ensure that all policy complies with the supreme laws of the United States of America in their entirety.

Restore the Fourth requests that American citizens’ right to privacy is respected and stands with the Electronic Frontier Foundation and StopWatching.us on their open letter to Congress. As informed members of the American electorate, they endorse and echo the letter’s demands.

1. Enact reform this Congress to Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, the state secrets privilege, and the FISA Amendments Act to make clear that blanket surveillance of the Internet activity and phone records of any person residing in the U.S. is prohibited by law and that violations can be reviewed in adversarial proceedings before a public court;

2. Create a special committee to investigate, report, and reveal to the public the extent of this domestic spying. This committee should create specific recommendations for legal and regulatory reform to end unconstitutional surveillance;

3. Hold accountable those public officials who are found to be responsible for this unconstitutional surveillance.

The July 4th demonstrations seek to demand an end to the unconstitutional surveillance methods employed by the U.S. government and to ensure that all future government surveillance is constitutional, limited, and clearly defined.

Restore the Fourth aims to ensure that the will of the people is reflected in the government of the United States of America. This movement intends to bring an end to twelve years of Fourth Amendment abuses, and demonstrate the need for a return to the Constitution. All Americans should stand with them in this cause to protect the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution.

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal, Stay FREE-\m/ -l-