{"id":3287,"date":"2007-08-28T09:45:37","date_gmt":"2007-08-28T15:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=3287"},"modified":"2017-05-21T03:07:11","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T09:07:11","slug":"big-brother-democracy-how-free-speech-and-survelliance-are-now-intertwined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/big-brother-democracy-how-free-speech-and-survelliance-are-now-intertwined\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Brother Democracy: How Free Speech and Survelliance Are Now Intertwined"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/bushnazibrainmindcom.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/bushnazibrainmindcom.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>Naomi Klein, The Nation<\/p>\n<p>Recently, as protesters gathered outside the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) summit in Montebello, Quebec, to confront US President George W. Bush, Mexican President Felipe Calder\u00c3\u00b3n and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the Associated Press reported this surreal detail: &#8220;Leaders were not able to see the protesters in person, but they could watch the protesters on TV monitors inside the hotel&#8230;. Cameramen hired to ensure that demonstrators would be able to pass along their messages to the three leaders sat idly in a tent full of audio and video equipment&#8230;. A sign on the outside of the tent said, &#8216;Our cameras are here today providing your right to be seen and heard. Please let us help you get your message out. Thank You.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it&#8217;s true: Like contestants on a reality TV show, protesters at the SPP were invited to vent into video cameras, their rants to be beamed to protest-trons inside the summit enclave. It was security state as infotainment&#8211;<em>Big Brother<\/em> meets, well, Big Brother.<\/p>\n<p>(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naomi Klein, The Nation Recently, as protesters gathered outside the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) summit in Montebello, Quebec, to confront US President George W. 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