Pirate Bay crew at Freedom not Fear demo in Berlin

September 12th, 2009, 19:30 | 5 comments

Like last year, the Freedom not Fear (Freiheit statt Angst) demonstration in Berlin attracted thousands of people (25,000 according to a press release found at Netzpolitik). Peter Sunde of The Pirate Bay was there, as well as Pirate Party supporter Oscar Swartz, and Claudia Roth of the German Green Party.

A few rainbow flags could be seen in the crowd. I think the gay movement in general has missed that the privacy issues that the Pirate Parties have put on the agenda are very relevant to gay people. For example, when the Berlin gay guide Siegessäule interviewed politicians about gay issues, the focus was mostly marriage and adoption – the traditional gay issues. But those fights are won; today politicians compete in offering gay people human rights. It’s time to look upon gay politics from another angle. If gay people knew their history, they would worry about excessive surveillance laws, since gays and just about anyone with a different lifestyle are common targets in a society that aims to control its citizens. Surveillance laws will be misused, period.

Peter Sunde of The Pirate Bay and Oscar Swartz in Berlin at the Freedom not Fear demonstration, September 12th, 2009

Peter Sunde and Oscar Swartz.

The German Pirate Party at the Freedom not Fear demonstration at Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, September 12th, 2009

Pirate Party partying.

Freedom not Fear, Berlin, September 12th, 2009

Claudia Roth

Claudia Roth.

Thilo Weichert speaks at Freedom not Fear, Berlin, September 12th, 2009

Thilo Weichert speaks.

Freedom not Fear, Berlin, September 12th, 2009

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