Stop Watching Us was a protest effort against global surveillance that culminated in rallies on October 26, 2013.
The movement featured an open letter to the members of Congress. It argued that "This dragnet surveillance violates the First and Fourth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, which protect citizens' right to speak and associate anonymously, guard against unreasonable searches and seizures, and protect their right to privacy."
The letter calls upon Congress to:
According to the Stop Watching Us website, over 500,000 people have signed the petition.
The EFF produced a public service announcement promoting the movement. It featured a wide array of individuals:
Director Oliver Stone and actor John Cusack explained: "Everybody is at risk for getting caught up in the NSA dragnet – including average citizens not suspected of a crime"
Others featured in the video included: US Rep. John Conyers Jr., Professor Lawrence Lessig of Harvard Law, activists David Segal of Demand Progress, Cindy Cohn of the EFF, Dan Choi, actors Maggie Gyllenhaal and Wil Wheaton, TV host Phil Donahue, and whistleblowers Daniel Ellsberg, Jesselyn Radack, Kirk Wiebe, Mark Klein, and Thomas Drake.
Stop may refer to:
In geometry, the octagrammic prism is one of an infinite set of nonconvex prisms formed by square sides and two regular star polygon caps, in this case two octagrams.
Stop! is a song written by Mikaela Stenström och Dimitri Stassos, and performed by Sibel Redžep at Melodifestivalen 2010. The song participated in the semifinal inside the Malmö Arena, but didn't make it further. It as also released as a single the same year. and peaked at 27th position at the Swedish singles chart.
Watching is a British television sitcom, produced by Granada Television for the ITV network and broadcast for seven series and four specials between 1987 and 1993.
The series was written by Jim Hitchmough and starred Paul Bown and Emma Wray as mismatched couple Malcolm Stoneway and Brenda Wilson.
Watching was set in Merseyside, with Brenda from Liverpool and Malcolm from Meols on the Wirral, the "posh" part of Merseyside on the other side of the River Mersey. The title refers to Brenda and her sister Pamela's hobby of "people watching", and to Malcolm's hobby of birdwatching, which initially Brenda endures rather than enjoys, but later comes to appreciate.
Quiet biker Malcolm, who lived with his domineering mother (played by Patsy Byrne - Nursie from Blackadder), was accompanied on his birdwatching trips by loud scouser Brenda, who was forced to ride in the sidecar of his Norton motorbike. The series followed their on/off relationship, during which Malcolm married Lucinda (played by Elizabeth Morton).
"Watching" is a 1983 song by the British pop group Thompson Twins. It was released as the fourth and final single from the band's third studio album, Quick Step and Side Kick. The single peaked at number 33 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1983.
The original album version of the song featured singer Grace Jones on backing vocals. Jones had also worked extensively with the band's producer Alex Sadkin at his Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas in the early 1980s, and was there completing her 1982 album Living My Life at the same time the Thompson Twins were there recording Quick Step and Side Kick. However, when the song was remixed for release as a single, Jones' vocals were not included.
The B-side of the single, "Dancersaurus", is an instrumental remix of "Watching". The 12" single contains extended remixes of both tracks. In addition to the then-standard 7" and 12" formats, Arista Records opted to release the single as a shaped picture disc, cut into the design of the band's infamous three-heads logo (although slightly larger than a standard 7" single, the picture disc plays the 7" versions of both the A and B sides).
On this walk
Interlocking fingers
On this day
The devil cringes
Death is crying
He can't have us
Pity him
Angels gather
Watching us
Us
The bride of the light
Trailing petals and passion
This gigantic bite
Of peace and compassion
Delirious beckoning
The soft and bejeweled
The breeze in the heat
First cooled then fueled
A necklace of grace
'Round the heart of your face
All commotion and fuss
And they're watching us
Up in heaven
Silhouettes of gods
In butterflies wings
Delicate nods
As we touch
Near the jaws of envy
As we sway
To the dance you send me
Watching us
Us
In a goblet of wine
Sipping mutual pleasure
And the gold of the rim
Frames our endeavor
At the foot of the throne
With it's flower and fruits
Like a pack of cards
That only has suits
A tremor of tears
From a satisfied heart
All commotion and fuss
And they're watching us