[sudo-discuss] Sat. 6pm meeting to organize against Oakland's DHS-funded spy center

[John - SF Pet Sitters!]

Oakland Privacy Group will be meeting again this Saturday at 6pm in Sudo 
Room's classroom to organize to stop Oakland's proposed Department of 
Homeland Security-funded spy center, the so-called "Domain Awareness 
Center". We had an /amazing/ show of support at Tuesday night's meeting 
at City Council, with more than 100 protesters showing up despite the 
rain and more than 80 people signing up to speak. It garnered lots of 
press - locally, as well as nationally - despite us only having had one 
planning meeting, a few days prior. I think many of us feel emboldened 
after our showdown with City Council and we are looking to come back 
100x stronger the next time we square off with them. We'd love for you 
to attend the planning meeting, if you'd like to join forces or simply 
want to learn more about this creepy spy center.

Here's a little background info on the spy center City of Oakland is 
trying to build:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4uRpy_5V0Y
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/technology/privacy-fears-as-surveillance-grows-in-cities.html?pagewanted=all 

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/07/oakland-accepts-federal-funds-for-controversial-vast-surveillance-setup/
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/oaklands-creepy-new-surveillance-program-just-got-approved
http://oaklandwiki.org/Domain_Awareness_Center

Hope to see you there tomorrow!

John
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