Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Hackers seek to 'avenge' WikiLeaks

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Hackers seek to 'avenge' WikiLeaks

from Al Jazeera.

In a new 21st century method of fighting the ruling elites, internet activists are hacking websites of those corporations and organizations that are attacking WikiLeaks. So far, they have demonstrated some success.

An anonymous group of internet activists appear to have launched a series of cyber attacks to shut down the websites of Mastercard, a Swiss bank and the Swedish prosecutor's office in an apparent retaliation for action taken against WikiLeaks.