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Anonymous declares ‘cyberwar’ on the IMF The vigilante hacktivists of Anonymous have announced an online attack on the IMF for its treatment of the Greek people. The struggle of the of the Greek people against the IMF has taken a new turn recently, as Anonymous declared its intention to launch a series of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks on the Fund in retaliation for the IMF’s treatment of the Greek people. Ever since the Greek crisis began, the EU and IMF have together forced Greece to accept draconian austerity measures and a fire-sale of state assets to enable it to continue servicing its major debts to large European banks like Kommerzbank and Société Générale, which greedily brought up Greek bonds in the lead-up to the crisis. As a result, wages in Greece have fallen some 20-30 percent, while unemployment has soared to 15 percent. Suicide rates are reported to have nearly tripled.

Anonymous (group) Anonymous (used as a mass noun) is a loosely associated international network of activist and hacktivist entities. A website nominally associated with the group describes it as "an internet gathering" with "a very loose and decentralized command structure that operates on ideas rather than directives". The group became known for a series of well-publicized publicity stunts and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government, religious, and corporate websites. LOIC The software has inspired the creation of an independent JavaScript version called JS LOIC, as well as LOIC-derived web version called Low Orbit Web Cannon. These enable a DoS from a web browser.[4] Use

Introducing Bootswatch Although I spilled the beans in an interview yesterday, I wanted to formally announce a personal project called Bootswatch. It’s a collection of themed swatches that you can download for free and drop into your Bootstrap site. You can check it out at bootswatch.com. About openDemocracy openDemocracy - is a digital commons not a magazine – a public service on the web not a commodity - is an independent, public interest, not-for-profit; a counter to the corporate media- champions human rights- seeks out and debates forms of democratic change- delights in good ideas vigorously debated and argument backed by investigation- critiques vested interests - supports pluralist inclusion without populism and tries to a give voice to those marginalised- tries neither to blink at the crisis of government nor cultivate alarmism- opposes fundamentalisms, including market fundamentalism- regards the freedom and liberty of others as our own- practices 'openness', rather than grasp at stultifying ‘neutrality’- publishes under Creative Commons licensing- supports peace-making and reconciliation- is committed to global education and encouraging good and creative writing- welcomes a range of forms to enable us to respond swiftly and interrogate deeply openDemocracy in numbers Sections Legal

Protesters take to the streets of 100+ European cities From Athens to Paris, tens of thousands of Europeans heed the online call for a #europeanrevolution. An online call for a European Revolution was heeded en masse today as over 100 cities throughout the continent witnessed tens (if not hundreds) of thousands ‘indignants‘ mobilizing to demand real democracy now. Thousands gathered in Madrid for a peaceful assembly on the 15th straight day of protests and occupations there, belying the false idea of skeptics that the Spanish protest movement would fizzle out in due course. Madrid: thousands gathered for a general assembly on the Puerta del Sol for the 15th straight day of protests in Spain.

Revolutionaries rebelling against IMF' 'Revolutionaries rebelling against IMF' Sat Mar 12, 2011 6:59PM Interview with Journalist and Blogger David DeGraw. Anonymous Brings Down FTC's OnGuardOnline in Protest Against Megaupload Shutdown Since 2008, the satirical hacker collective, popularly known as the Anonymous has risen to act in the public interest. They have carried out numerous hacks to bring down websites of companies with questionable business practices, governments with poor legislative policies and churches with a twisted sense of religion. From a satirical merry hacker-band, the group went on to become the primary name in the international online hacktivism space. This time, the group of Anonymous has targeted OnGuardOnline (the US online security website), a partner the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

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