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I honestly really didn't know much about the Patriot Act when it was first passed, and didn't do much. But, nowadays, post-Snowden, I am remembering that this fight started with the people and movement behind the faltered push to end the Patriot Act. These last few days actually gives us a chance to do just that. We have to spread the word!

yeah, we'd like to offer this soon.

The biggest issue is that trade agreements like the TPP are being used as policy vehicles by monopolies to pass policies around the world. It's not a trade deal, it's a new class of corruption. In it, is stuff that multinationals have horsetraded for that for the most part have not had to take the economy, jobs, environment, medicine, health, the Internet, etc. into account because of its unaccountable policymaking process.

There are pieces of SOPA in TPP -- compelling ISP's to block websites without due process. The whole intellectual property chapter, as well as patents, are all bad -- exporting broken copyright abroad.

We do need to a strong and growing constituency. We need to show up at the polls for internet freedom issues. We need to keep slapping down bills. And many bills are not coming up because we did so well on past bills. We need to keep meeting with our reps. We need to grow all the organizations working on these issues and bring on more. We need to make it crystal clear what this fight is about and draw a line in the sand for freedom of expression and freedom to create.