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Joe Wright Activist Post Despite privacy issues and an increasing number of safety concerns, including crashes at overseas civilian airports where the U.S. has drones stationed, a judge in upstate New York has signed an order to effectively criminalize peaceful protest outside a Reaper drone base. Anti-drone activists have been conducting weekly protests for years outside the [...]

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Some attack governments, large corporations… and steal personal identities. Others use their skills for political activism. They are hackers. And in a rare sit down interview with a member of the infamous collective “Anonymous”, 16×9 gets a unique, inside look into a “Hackers World”.

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Brandon Smith, Contributor Activist Post There is a reason why municipalities and states across the U.S. are attempting to ban photography of police officers, or allow random and unwarranted officer confiscation of cameras and cell phones; because the video recording of police abuse is very effective. Through federalization of state law enforcement, the government has greatly [...]

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JG Vibes Activist PostLast week Leah Lynn Plante was arrested and placed in solitary confinement for remaining silent during a grand jury trial. Due to the secrecy of the proceedings, little information has come to light about her or her two friends, Katherine “Kteeo” Olejnik and Matthew Kyle Duran since the story went viral last week. However, [...]

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The subject of insiders — or “whistleblowers” — is somewhat tricky; anyone on the inside is often presumed to be compromised by their former allegiance. Nonetheless, the nature of government work is rooted in compartmentalization. So, perhaps the best indication as to whether whistleblowers have something valid to say is the level of persecution they [...]

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16/10/2011 (English translation 11/10/2012 by Josefien Bruijn) – In a world where the laws of the monetary-economic game brings us debt and the artificial necessity of profit, this law leaves us with real or perceived scarcity, harsh social inequality, segregation and ecological breakdown, each of which will have its own disastrous consequences. As a consequence [...]

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In the Philippines hacktivists associated with the Internet collective known as Anonymous are fighting for Internet freedom and against the threat of Internet censorship.  Hacking and defacing multiple websites and social media accounts belonging to Philippine government agencies, Anonymous is protesting the newly-enacted Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. In a video statement released on the [...]

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WE ARE LEGION: The Story of the Hacktivists, takes us inside the complex culture and history of Anonymous. The film explores early hacktivist groups like Cult of the Dead Cow and Electronic Disturbance Theater, and then moves to Anonymous’ own raucous and unruly beginnings on the website 4Chan. Through interviews with current members – some recently returned [...]

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Gaye Levy, Contributor Activist Post These days, the enlightened carry a heavy burden of truth and knowledge that, without conscious effort, can be both exhausting and debilitating. One merely has to look around, read some news, and watch a little television to realize that there is major subterfuge going on. Knowing that deceit and trickery [...]

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