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President Obama recently announced that the vast NSA spying will continue, with a few restrictions. Edward Snowden and the journalists who are still releasing stories from the files he made available are being called spies and being threatened with assasination by members of the US Congress. Once again, the role of those commiting crimes, and the victims, are reversed. Tuesday, February 11 is The Day We Fight Back against mass surveillance. Organizations, companies and online platforms are joining in to say, "This moment is whatever we, the broad community of people who care about the Internet, make of it. Post a comment with a link to every NSA-related story. Make and share a meme. Build a website. Organize an event. Then tell us about it so we can spread the word." Some organizations are directing people to support bills in Congress, like the "USA Freedom Act" put forward by James Sensenbrenner, a sponsor of the USA PATRIOT Act in 2001. But, the most decisive factor that the people can take to defeat the outrageous mass surveillance is to build mas resistance, not by "limiting" or "mending" illegitimate actions of the government. HOW INTERNET USERS CAN HELP: Visit TheDayWeFightBack.org Sign up to indicate that you'll participate and receive updates. Sign up to install widgets on websites encouraging its visitors to fight back against surveillance. (These are being finalized in coming days.) Use the social media tools on the site to announce your participation. Develop memes, tools, websites, and do whatever else you can to participate -- and encourage others to do the same. World Can't Wait's message for February 11: The Day We Fight Back We in the US have a government that relies on terror and repression to maintain its rule, here and around the world. We live in a country whose government assassinates thousands with drones. Our government, driven by the relentless pursuit of profit, is plundering the earth, exploiting humanity, and imperiling our planet's very viability. This government tortures people while holding them indefinitely without trial and uses warrantless surveillance over all of us to try to identify those who might pose a threat to their agenda. When Obama talks about “national security” he means securing the US government's right to commit crimes with impunity. A government that commits such crimes should be ridiculed and opposed whenever they tout their supposed “freedom” and “democracy.” Mass surveillance is unacceptable and we must say NO to it. Government officials won't stop this without mass protest. Why should we rely on those who started the crimes to stop those same crimes? We draw inspiration from and stand with Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, the hunger strikers at GTMO and domestic US prisons, and other courageous resisters who have illuminated the truth about what this government does. This is what the U.S government correctly fears. It is on us, the millions of people living in this country, acting together with people around the world, to stand up, tell the truth, and say no. February 11, make it known to the world that we will not accept mass surveillance or any other crime committed by the US Government in the name of “national security." NATO 3 Case Goes to Jury Friday; We Support the Rights of the NATO 3 On Saturday February 1, about 20 people braved a snow storm to gather at a church in Evanston, Illinois, to hear Kevin Gosztola talk about the NATO 3 trial that he has been covering on Firedoglake.com. Sponsored by World Can’t Wait Chicago, 8th Day Center for Justice, Neighbors for Peace, and Occupy Evanston, the afternoon succeeded in raising funds and discussing some of issues posed by this important trial...read more On Trial for Protesting US Drone Wars Ed Kinane Tells Judge Why He Protests Drone Killing  Verdict Expected Friday February 7 at Trial of Hancock Air Force Base Protesters from October 2013 action “Each of our testifiers spoke out of their consciences, some suggesting that their consciences were shaped by their own personal faith tradition. Others cited personal experience as impelling them to gather outside the Hancock drone base on October 25, 2012. I myself in my Opening alluded to having survived the murderous 2003 bombardment of Baghdad, Iraq -- an ancient city of several million non-combatants widely viewed as a cradle of civilization. It was that bombardment which the Pentagon boastingly and terrifyingly called “shock and awe.” It would be impossible to count the number of “shock and awe” casualties – the Pentagon expressing supreme indifference to such numbers. So I speak from analogous firsthand experience when I say that airborne killing and destruction typified by the weaponized drone – whether in Somalia, Yemen, Pakistan or Afghanistan -- are terrifying. And I speak first hand when I say that the Trespass and Disordered Conduct of those drones are not a defense against terrorism, but rather embody terrorism and may well generate retaliatory terrorism – an endless cycle of violence...” Drone protesters found guilty of trespassing at Beale AFB California Judge Sentences 4 to Probation & Community Service “A Sacramento federal judge Monday found four people who protested the Obama administration’s use of killer drones outside a gate at Beale Air Force Base last spring to be guilty of trespassing. U.S. Magistrate Judge Allison Claire sentenced the four to 90 days of unsupervised probation, which will end for each defendant after he or she completes 10 hours of community service...” Thank you Tom Tomorrow: Share this message: Tonight: World Can't Wait Conversation New participants welcome.  We'll be talking, planning, questioning, digging into what's most important to work on in 2014. Nick Mottern of KnowDrones.com will be on, as well as others working on the April/May protests of drones. We will also discuss the Tuesday February 11 The Day We Fight Back, protesting NSA surveillance on the anniversary of the death of Aaron Swartz. Register for dial-in info. Friends, the fall Kickstarter fund campaign for the new e-book Redact This: Artists Respond to Torture did not reach its goal.  Those of you who made donations were not charged, as is Kickstarter's practice. David Schwittek, editor of Redact This is leading in a new effort to raise $15,000 for production costs, this time on Indiegogo, which will allow the campaign to access the funds donated.  We hope you'll help him reach the worthy goal. Debra Sweet, Director, The World Can't Wait

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