Protest The Use Of Full Body Scanners! (and other hyper "security" measures)

Say NO to virtual strip searches! Fight the racist targeting of certain &quot;terrorist-prone countries&quot;. <!--break--> <img class="dada-image-center" src="http://rochester.indymedia.org/sites/default/files/migrate_dada/full_body_scans.jpg"><br>We've all heard alot of talk lately about &quot;heightening security&quot; at the airports. Well just want to say Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS-SI-NYC) in coalition with other outraged activists, both locally and nationally, aren't having it. WE ARE PLANNING PROTESTS AT LOCAL AIRPORTS. AND WITH YOUR HELP, ON A NATIONAL BASIS. The use of full body scanners is as invasive to our privacy as it is degrading to our dignity. Targeting &quot;terrorist prone counties&quot; is nothing more than racial profiling. We aren't moved by pleas for increased security from &quot;terrorists&quot;. We can't be convinced that even more abuses to our privacy rights are needed for anyones safety. We won't be bullied by government or media hysteria -- No matter how ratcheted up the fearmongering gets or how overheated the propaganda becomes. We plan to make our voices heard, and we'd like you to join in this campaign if you agree. The government violates privacy rights and makes people jump thru' hoops enough under the pretext of security. But the right to privacy is an inalienable human right. Our determination to protect that human right from increasing intrusions is unshakeable. We not only refuse to subject ourselves to full body scans, we reject there use altogether. On any person, from any country, at any time! THEY SAY, extra security screening of people from &quot;terrorist prone countries&quot; will make everyone safer. WE SAY, it's racist, and can not be done. Not in our name. THEY SAY, head-to-toe x-raying of the entire body, adults and children alike, is &quot;simply precautionary&quot;, &quot;safeguarded&quot;, and &quot;for our own good&quot;. WE SAY, we'd rather be blown to bits than to live in a world where racial profiling was the norm, and dehumanizing violations of our right to privacy, accepted. Full body scans are virtual strip searches. All human beings have a right to be secure in their person, and no amount of fearmongering should be able to strip that right away! Send us an email at movementforademocraticsociety@gmail.com for more information on how you can participate, help plan and organize protests now. Join the discussion Google Group, &quot;ScanThis&quot;, at http://groups.google.com/group/scanthis And look for our low volume Riseup list when it becomes active to receive digest updates and action announcements.

<p>Say NO to virtual strip searches!<br /> Fight the racist targeting of certain "terrorist-prone countries".</p> <!--break--><p><img class="dada-image-center" src="http://rochester.indymedia.org/sites/default/files/migrate_dada/full_body_scans.jpg" /><br />We've all heard alot of talk lately about "heightening security" at the airports. Well just want to say Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS-SI-NYC) in coalition with other outraged activists, both locally and nationally, aren't having it. </p> <p>WE ARE PLANNING PROTESTS AT LOCAL AIRPORTS.<br /> AND WITH YOUR HELP, ON A NATIONAL BASIS. </p> <p>The use of full body scanners is as invasive to our privacy as it is degrading to our dignity.<br /> Targeting "terrorist prone counties" is nothing more than racial profiling.<br /> We aren't moved by pleas for increased security from "terrorists".<br /> We can't be convinced that even more abuses to our privacy rights are needed for anyones safety.<br /> We won't be bullied by government or media hysteria -- No matter how ratcheted up the fearmongering gets or how overheated the propaganda becomes.<br /> We plan to make our voices heard, and we'd like you to join in this campaign if you agree. </p> <p>The government violates privacy rights and makes people jump thru' hoops enough under the pretext of security. But the right to privacy<br /> is an inalienable human right. Our determination to protect that human right from increasing intrusions is unshakeable.<br /> We not only refuse to subject ourselves to full body scans, we reject there use altogether.<br /> On any person, from any country, at any time! </p> <p>THEY SAY, extra security screening of people from "terrorist prone countries" will make everyone safer.<br /> WE SAY, it's racist, and can not be done. Not in our name.<br /> THEY SAY, head-to-toe x-raying of the entire body, adults and children alike, is "simply precautionary", "safeguarded", and "for our own<br /> good".<br /> WE SAY, we'd rather be blown to bits than to live in a world where racial profiling was the norm, and dehumanizing violations of our right<br /> to privacy, accepted. </p> <p>Full body scans are virtual strip searches.<br /> All human beings have a right to be secure in their person, and no amount of fearmongering should be able to strip that right away! </p> <p>Send us an email at <a href="mailto:movementforademocraticsociety@gmail.com">movementforademocraticsociety@gmail.com</a><br /> for more information on how you can participate, help plan and organize protests now. </p> <p>Join the discussion Google Group, "ScanThis", at<br /> <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/scanthis">http://groups.google.com/group/scanthis</a> </p> <p>And look for our low volume Riseup list when it becomes active to receive digest updates<br /> and action announcements.</p>