While government officials and law enforcement are painting Anonymous as one of HL Mencken's "imaginary goblins" poised to menace the public, it's worth noting that national governments around the world have aspired to control the internet, and have been developing statutes that erode individual rights and privacies, long before this entity came to prominence. Anonymous is more a reaction to these trends than a cause. The brutal, depressing and dire fact of the matter is that an expansive surveillance state is not here to come but is already in our midst.Despite the deterioration of journalistic standards in this online source (Al Jazeera) due to its owner-- the Empire's closely aligned government of Qatar--they still occasionally run articles of outstanding quality. No doubt many who have remained in Al Jazeera--and many have left--are fighting to maintain high standards of journalism.
in the time remaining, to help us understand how the man-made system of capitalism will lead to the extinction of our human species, and so many others.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Everything you know about Anonymous is wrong
Click here to access article by Gabriella Coleman of McGill University in Canada posted in Al Jazeera.