Internauts: Act on your politicians regarding ACTA now!

Dear Internauts,

This week the Werebuild clusters have acted strongly against the ACTA negotiations, both in letters to our Members of Parliament and we have also observed the “neo-colonial” export of Acta legislative consequences for the Carribean states.

Our dialogue with elected representatives are slowly building up. We need your help to make sure that the Swedish, and of course all politicians are aware of that you are the ones re-electing them or not!

One Swedish MP have responded so far, and we thus publish his letter below in English and Swedish. In the UK there are several. What about the politicians in your part of the internets?

If you act now, we might have a chance to hold every single politician responsible for their (non)-actions in ACTA. This is what the internet does, it tears down the walls between you and your politicians. Please contact your politician now, in Sweden and elsewhere. Instructions for the members of the Committee for Commerce in Sweden are in our wiki.

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Hello and thank you for your e-mail!

I fully agree with your fears regarding the ACTA-negotiations. We promote, in all contexts, that the debate must be completely open in order for a critical debate throughout all society to take place. Moreover, I am worried on the one hand about the actual nature of the outcomes of the negotiations, on the other hand about the potential discontent and omission that people feel, and that they may loose faith in the democratic system as such. Unfortunately we [the Green party] have been unable to reach out to the Government in addressing these issues. In order to do so we need a stronger public opinion, and that requires effort from us all to take effort to make the issue more visible in news media and in other channels.

With best regards

Per Bolund
Member of Parliament for the Green Party (Miljöpartiet)
Committee of Commerce

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Hej, och tack för ditt mail!

Jag håller helt med dig i din oro över ACTA-förhandlingarna. Vi driver i alla sammanhang på för att förhandlingarna ska vara helt öppna så att det kan bli en verklig samhällsdebatt om förslagen. Annars är jag orolig över dels vilka förslag som kommer att komma ut från förhandlingarna, och dels över att folk känner sig helt utelämnade och förlorar tron på det demokratiska systemet. Tyvärr har vi inte fått regeringen att lyssna än så länge. För det behövs en starkare opinion, och då krävs att vi alla anstränger oss för att driva frågan i media och på andra sätt.

Vänliga hälsningar

Per Bolund