Remember, remember the fifth of November

Anonymous plans Million Mask March on Washington

Demonstrators hope that one million masked activists will descend on Washington, DC next month to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day with a mass rally to remind the world “That fairness, justice and freedom are more than just words.”

RT,

8 October, 2013

That’s the mission statement of the “Million Mask March,” an event scheduled for November 5 in the nation’s capital that’s being arranged by affiliates of the hacktivism movement Anonymous, an international group of activists who’ve adopted the image of the infamous Englishman who unsuccessfully plotted to blow up Parliament in the early 1600s.

The group has been circulating flyers on the Web and in Washington, where they request that a million activists disguised as Fawkes march down the National Mall on November 5 for an array of causes that have been adopted in the past by self-proclaimed actors in the movement.

According to the event’s official Facebook page, topics to be discussed during the day include government reform, the pharmaceutical industry and the use of genetically modified foods, among others. An unofficial page that has been disavowed by the creators of the Facebook event asks for members of Anonymous, participants in the Occupy movement and supporters of WikiLeaks and whistleblowing to make the trip to DC next month.

For those unable to venture to Washington, however, other rallies have been scheduled to occur around the world on Guy Fawkes Day, including events tentatively slated to occur in locales ranging from Abuja, Nigeria and Athens, Greece to Zapata, Texas and Zurich, Switzerland.

One event scheduled to begin on the afternoon of Nov. 5 at London’s Trafalgar Square invites possible attendees “to a friendly gathering of the minds. A tea party, so to speak, as a collective we can trade our ideas and share them with the world."

John Fairhust, the organizer of the DC rally, told IB Times that the march in Washington "is not only a protest showing our strength in numbers, it is as well the issuance of a warning to the powers that be."

In 2008, an international series of raids targeting the Church of Scientology and orchestrated by a still-infant Anonymous occurred in tandem in over 100 cities worldwide. Participants around the globe adopted the image of Guy Fawkes as popularized in the 2005 film V for Vendetta, and that likeness has been largely affiliated with the group since.

Anonymous has adopted a number of causes over the years, and has also taken on an array of targets, often successful in its endeavors to a degree notwithstanding an absence of leadership or a central governing body.

“Despite media reports to the contrary, Anonymous, although it may be nimble, flexible and emergency, is not random, shadow or chaotic,” McGill University educator Gabriella Coleman wrote in a recently published paper about the group in which she said that “mutability and dynamism continue to be a staple of Anonymous’ activist and historical developments.”

Self-identifying “Anons” have in years past targeted government institutions and allegedly corrupt corporations alike, and earlier this month an indictment unsealed by a federal court in the US accused 13 Americans of waging cybercrimes against companies considered by the group to be pro-censorship during a campaign dubbed Operation PayBack. Fourteen Americans previously indicted for a similar assault waged at companies critical of the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks are scheduled to appear in a California courthouse on October 31.

For those planning an appearance in DC days later, however, be warned: Section 22-3312.03 of the District of Columbia code prohibits any person over the age of 16 from wearing a mask or any other item “whereby any portion of the face is hidden, concealed or covered as to conceal the identity of the wearer” on public roads and property within the city.

The official Facebook page for this event is HERE

Remember, Remember the 5th of November – Million Mask March

On November 5th, activists, writers, bloggers, ‘hacktivists’, and your average person will take to the streets for the Million Mask March

Intellihub,

8 October, 2013

November 5th is a symbolic date, more recently remembered due to the Movie “V For Vendetta”, but is attributed to Guy Fawkes, who unsuccessfully tried to “blow up” the House of Lords in London on November 5th, 1605, in his attempt to bring Catholicism back to England. The relation to Guy Fawkes however, is in the symbolism of the mask worn in the V for Vendetta movie, and of course a date which to most, represents a revolution.

The mainstream media is already pushing the idea that a “loose collective” known as “anonymous”, are the people organizing the event, however anonymous is more of an idea than anything and has no central authority or organizing capacity.

During the Occupy protests the Guy Fawkes mask became more common and due to the video’s put out by anon’s the media has concluded everyone in a Guy Fawkes masks is somehow a part of the group anonymous.

The Million Mask March is being held “to remind this world what it has forgotten, that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than just words”, according to the Official Facebook page.[1] which reads, ”Please share this event with everyone you know Peaceful march to meet and greet like-minded individuals. Please feel totally free to invite any and all of your friends. Absolutely no violence will be tolerated. Please be respectful as there may be children present and or in the area no drugs, no alcohol out of respect for the kids. there are quite a few things on the list of ” topics ” for this event, this will include but not limited to Government ( this is a big gray area ) Reform Education Pharmaceutical companies pushing meds War Constitutional rights Freedom Unity Drug abuse Respect for all of mankind Corruption Food – GMOs , Nutrition and health Children Violence worldwide Waking the people there many more things , too many to list. but just to name a few. FREE BRADLEY MANNING!”

The organizers are explicit that this is a peaceful demonstration/march and it is clear that the correlation to Nov. 5th, is the idea of Freedom, liberty, fairness, equality, and transparency.

The event currently has just under 130,000 invites, with 13,000+ people “going”, and as stated by the Facebook page ”is NOT associated with millionmaskmarch.org site as well as wiki poet or polymath poet due to their association with the great American revolt page as well as their actions.”[1]

Sources:

[1] Million Mask March - Facebook.com