ACTA: Like Lisbon Treaty, Only Far Worse (Videos)

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2008-11-09 12:53:33 UTC
Modified: 2008-11-09 12:55:44 UTC

ACTA is a big and atrocious secret [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13], but we might soon get our hands on some new ACTA leaks. In the mean time, here are a couple of videos to remind oneself of the Treaty of Lisbon, whose nature is very different but the secrecy involved a tad similar.

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Why can't the public see the ACTA? Is it too outrageous for elected people to show it to their electors, whom it affects? ⬆

Guard's feet
ACTA: whose crime is it anyway?

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ACTA: Like Lisbon Treaty, Only Far Worse (Videos)

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