Activism

Dead on arrival? Dutch Parliament kills ACTA before EU vote
30 May 2012

Lawmakers in Holland have voted to strike down the international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), slammed by many as a free speech and information access choker. Dutch MPs have also ruled the government will never [...]

A Fish Out of Water: Occupy and the New Media Environment
30 May 2012

When I first heard about the occupation of Zuccotti Park last fall, I was sitting comfortably in my uncle’s beachfront apartment in southern California. My close friend Dallas, an avid Facebook updater, had posted [...]

E-Batmen to the rescue: Craigslist, Reddit onboard Internet Defense League
29 May 2012

Inspired by fruitful virtual protests against the SOPA and PIPA online piracy bills, Internet activists have united their forces and formed an organization to protect the web from “bad laws and monopolies.” The idea [...]

10 Ways to Stop Being a Slave and Bring Down the Pyramids of Control
28 May 2012

There are very real conspiracies in the world, and those conspiracies are always conducted by people “in the know” against those who are ignorant or naive of backroom machinations. Past slavery was largely based [...]

City of Chicago under attack… by hackers
20 May 2012

A group linked to the hacktivist collective Anonymous claims to have taken down the Chicago police department website as authorities are looking into whether the City of Chicago website was also hit in the [...]

Anonymous: ‘We have access to every classified database in the US’
16 May 2012

Businesses have suggested it. The government has all but confirmed it. And according to one alleged member, they both might very well be right. A hacker tied to Anonymous says the loose-knit collective may [...]

Anonymous: CIA, Interpol websites ‘tango down’
07 May 2012

The global hacktivst group known as Anonymous claims to have brought down the CIA and Interpol websites on Sunday. The attack is attributed to @AnonsTurkey, with the group using the twitter handle to say [...]

Love as the Force of Revolution: The Occupy Movement and Beyond
02 May 2012

by Monica Mody Last year in May or June I realized that my political views were not quite what they used to be.  It occurred to me that the words “Revolutions + justice” on my [...]

IRL action: Anonymous takes to the streets to protest CISPA
28 April 2012

Anonymous is taking its battle against CISPA to the streets. A video titled “Operation Defense. Phase II” calls on Americans to organize protests at the local offices of companies that supported the controversial bill [...]

Mother Wins Top Environmental Award for Beating Monsanto
28 April 2012

by Anthony Gucciardi After experiencing the traumatizing death of her daughter to kidney failure just three days after her daughter was born, Sofia Gatica from Argentina became determined to find out what killed her daughter. Her [...]

CIA site downed as Anonymous claims attack
25 April 2012

The CIA website is now back online following a DDoS attack reportedly perpetrated by the hacktivist group Anonymous. This is the latest attack in a series of assaults carried out against US government websites. [...]

Reuniting the Spiritual and the Practical Through Activism
25 April 2012

by Julian Rose One of the most significant hurdles to our development as ‘whole’ human beings is our attachment to the false separation made between what is considered ‘practical’ and what is considered ‘spiritual’. It [...]

Take Action Against Dow Chemical and Monsanto ‘Agent Orange’ GMO Crops
24 April 2012

by Cassandra Anderson You can help to hold the USDA and Dow Chemical accountable simply by posting your comments on the official public record of Dow Chemical’s petition with the USDA to approve their 2,4-D herbicide [...]

Where Next for Occupy?
20 April 2012

by Charles Eisenstein Occupy has awakened a potent energy that had been lying dormant. It has made activists of people of a new generation, and brought renewed hope to veterans of past movements. Unlike earlier [...]

Street Riots Form in Response to Monsanto Intrusion into Nepal
18 April 2012

by Anthony Gucciardi After the Nepalese government decided to allow Monsanto into their borders and subsequently force farmers to use genetically modified seeds, the citizens took to the streets. The starving nation let Monsanto in despite recent [...]