IMAGE: Today’s anti-NSA rally in DC brought out all the artist-protesters (PHOTO: Nemo, 21WIRE/GMN)

Patrick Henningsen
21st Century Wire

WASHINGTON DC – This weekend in Washington DC, a diverse coalition of demonstrators have come out to protest against America’s rogue National Security Agency (NSA) and their highly unpopular and illegal surveillance activities.


(PHOTO by Nemo, 21WIRE/GMN)

The demonstration is being called the ‘Stop Watching Us‘ rally, and as of 1pm EST, our 21WIRE and GMN photographer, Nemo, was on the ground, reporting approximately 1,500 protesters were present with more arriving each hour, at the main location near Washington DC’s Columbus Circle and Union Station Plaza area near Capitol Hill, and on the National Mall.

Keynote speakers included Congressman Dennis Kucinich.

The eclectic coalition of supporters for this new event includes some high profile whistleblowers, activists, political leaders, and even a few Hollywood actors who have chosen to voice their privacy concerns in public.

International outrage hit fever pitch this week, over more Ed Snowden revelations of wire tapping of at least 35 different world leaders at the hands of....

In addition to this NSA protest, this week, Oct 21-27, 2013, is National Free Speech Week in America.