Anonymous, the notorious collective of unnamed Internet activists, is declaring war on the controversial Koch brothers. In a press release this weekend Anonymous accuses the brothers and their financial empire of attempting "to usurp American Democracy," and call for a "boycott all Koch Industries' paper products." Anonymous accuses the Koch brothers of taking "actions to undermine the legitimate political process in Wisconsin."
David and Charles Koch of Koch Industries are billionaire brothers responsible for financing numerous conservative causes and Tea Party activities. In their press release Anonymous claims:
The Koch brothers have made a science of fabricating 'grassroots' organizations and advertising campaigns to support them in an attempt to sway voters based on their falsehoods. Americans for Prosperity, Club for Growth and Citizens United are just a few of these organizations. In a world where corporate money has become the lifeblood of political influence, the labor unions are one of the few ways citizens have to fight against corporate greed. Anonymous cannot ignore the plight of the citizen-workers of Wisconsin, or the opportunity to fight for the people in America's broken political system. For these reasons, we feel that the Koch brothers threaten the United States democratic system and, by extension, all freedom-loving individuals everywhere. As such, we have no choice but to spread the word of the Koch brothers' political manipulation, their single-minded intent and the insidious truth of their actions in Wisconsin, for all to witness.
Anonymous is "an online pool of consciousness," a formidable group of aggressive hackers or hactivists, a notorious collective of unnamed Internet activists. Anonymous is free of hierarchical leaderships structure. Hence, no one press release, no one statement, speaks for all who pledge allegiance to the group. Anonymous as a group often stands up for human rights and freedom of speech, many members consider themselves freedom fighters, while others are simply in it for the "Lulz."
Anonymous hears the voice of the downtrodden American people, whose rights and liberties are being systematically removed one by one, even when their own government refuses to listen or worse - is complicit in these attacks. We are actively seeking vulnerabilities, but in the mean time we are calling for all supporters of true Democracy, and Freedom of The People, to boycott all Koch Industries' paper products. We welcome unions across the globe to join us in this boycott to show that you will not allow big business to dictate your freedom.
Anonymous suggests
U.S. Product Boycott List:
Vanity Fair
Quilted Northern
Angel Soft
Sparkle
Brawny
Mardi Gras
Dixie
European Product Boycott List:
Demak'Up
Kitten Soft
Lotus / Lotus Soft
Tenderly
Nouvelle Soft
Okay Ktchen Towels
Colhogar
Delica
Inversoft
Tutto
Comments
All mega corporations need to be boycotted, and tell them and their lobbyists to butt out of the people's business.
And so it begins........
Immediate RECALL ELECTION in WISCONSIN for all Republicans serving over one year.
Poor babies, you're elected children were throwing their latest tantrum and lost the vote. I guess Soros needs to spend more money on you next time. (:
Wow. Republicans win the house in an off year election and they think there've got a mandate. 2012 is coming and they know they'll be bounced from power. That's why they're in such a hurry screw the middle class - but it's backfiring.
Thank You Anonymous!
Anonymous, I love you.
We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us.
hi
this anonymous group sounds like a george soros NGO SURPRISE SUPRISE
HOW MUCH IS GEORGE SOROS PAYING YOU punks
he paying us tree fiddy
$ 1000 per hour
jealous?
I find it funny how wing-nuts assume George Soros funds everything on the left, or that every group that is not made up of raving right-wing lunatics jumps at his beck and call, the way wing-nuts blindly follow Beck and Rush. Let me clue you pathetic retards in on something. George Soros may be rich, but he lacks the coin that is needed to buy Anonymous' attention. Money does not motivate Anonymous, as it are made up of everything from kids living in their parents basements, to IT directors of major corporations. It is not money that moves Anonymous to action, it is the lulz. Where Anonymous shows a social conscience, it is because enlightened Moral Fags have pointed out how to get lulz by doing right. That is actually why Anonymous can be so powerful, you have people with no moral scruples out to have their fun, joyously attacking targets they've been pointed to by the Hacktivists.
In short, shit just got real, Soon, one of the Kock suckers will look out the window, and realize that the Internet Hate Machine has come for them.
The revolution will not be telegraphed!
you wish you were born a little black boy don't you keep up ebonics jughead
if not now, when? Strike the kock, break it down, take it back
The group Anonymous are true freedom fighters. THEY, Wikileaks, and Bradley Manning should be sharing the Nobel Peace Prize.
Maybe next year...
"..who pledge allegiance to the group."
nobody pledges anything to the group. People come,go and participate as they choose.
Nobody can be forced to do anything and nobody can be stopped from doing something.
They fight and bicker among themselves. Call each other names while they hash it all out.
If an idea is deemed "good" maybe something will happen. If not, nothing will happen and they'll have had lulz in the process.
Action leads to cake and lulz. Either way it's WIN.
They don't even have a plan, because there can be no plan. It's an instantaneous amalgam of thought turned into action.
It may seem strange, but that is the way it is.
completely different from the "normal" way of thought.
ask a thousand people and you'll get a thousand different answers. All of them true. All of them false. all at the same time.
The Soros-Rockefeller-Chase-Ford- Foundation money, central banking manipulators, follow the money. Socialist causes are cover-ups for the taekover for a sub-clique of the super-mega-filthy rich who fake working folks into fighting for their own doom.
The people in the governments that "negotiate" with unions have a massive conflict of interest, because all they have to do is to just confiscate more production from taxpayers, which could have gone into producing more jobs. Like for private sector workers, hello?
Wow that was really delusional. If you would take a moment to look at the causes supported by the Koch brothers vs Soros and the amount of money going into them I think you will change your opinion. All the information you need is on the internet. Avoid Fox News and Koch brother sites as well as George Soro sites if he has any. There is enough information on neutral sites. Good luck.
You believe the left wing is controlled by a few ultra-rich people who are using the worker to achieve their own power? Friend, you just described exactly what the Koch Brothers are, and the entire Republican Machine. The motivation from the wealthy on the left are based on actual desires to achieve equality or fairness in humanity, while the wealthy on the right are out only for themselves. Make no mistake, you have been deluded by the Koch Brothers and their ilk into completely misdirecting your disgust.
Thanks for the list. Now I know what to buy.
You might as well ask the Koch Brothers for scrip. You are a sheep, blinded by the ultra wealthy into serving their interests.
Hey Anonymous!
http://www.theskywriters.com/
#OPWISCONSIN
Hint-hint.
i am going today and buy brawny paper towels thanks you dumbasses
Anonymous = bunch of commie teenagers living in their parents basements who think they're doing something other than wasting their lives
When was the last time anybody gave a shit about anything you did in your spare time?
I'm a fan of Anonymous and most of their work but they got this wrong (at least those who put out this press release). The Koch bros are free to donate, burn, bury, save, reinvest their money. The things Anonymous identified as being so despicable occur only thanks to the State. Rather than reinforce and legitimize that violent institution get rid of that great fiction - replace the bad idea of arbitrary authority with the good idea of self-government.
If you have a better plan Mr. Eyre you are welcome to join the collective and speak your voice.
www.anonops.net www.anonnews.org
Anonymous is not so super secret invite only group. Anonymous is the rage of the downtrodden and the ideals of those who see the evils of the world made manifest.
Anonymous is everyone and anonymous is no one.
You don't even need to do any hacking to be one of anonymous, we are perfectly willing just to accept your ideas.
Anonymous has been added to my small list of real heroes!
(Almost makes me want to become a hacker :) )
Rock on! Now onto any sites that support Walker. HEIL Walker. To his end in 2012!
Anonymous is such an entertaining bunch.
I do agree with some blogs that they're probably not much more than a group of script kiddies.
To be fair though, it's more likely 1,000 pawns per real hacker. The pawns being the LOIC fodder, and the 'real hackers' being someone who knows how to exploit SQL injection.
I'd say roughly 100 hackers, or hacktivists as they've been dubbed, who guide the 100000 script kiddies just looking to mess shit up; "for the lulz," of course.
Accurate post is accurate.
"Accurate post is accurate."
Ugh, that got old 3 years ago. Stop already.
Who are we? What are we?
We're that guilty part of your conscience that wants to laugh when you see someone slip and fall. We're the part of you that goes out of your way to help a stranger without any hope of personal gain. We're the angry stream of expletives you shout when someone cuts you off in traffic. We're your children, your parents, your bosses and your employees. We're the man in the suit who always seems to have more fun than you do. We're your love, your compassion, your rage, your anger and your hatred made manifest. We are the internet. We are highly successful people. We are failures at life. We are the rich and the poor. The upper, middle and lower classes. The liberals and the conservatives. We agree with everything you say, and also think you are totally wrong. We are the vox populi, for we truly are the voice of the people. We are rampaging aethists, and devoutly religious. We are the homosexual agenda. And we are also the people who rage about all the damned homosexuals. We are your sick sense of humor.
We are everyone. We are no one.
We are you.
We do whatever we want, whenever we want. But the one thing we will not tolerate is cheating. What will happen to the Koch brothers is the same thing that will happen to anyone who attempts to stifle or manipulate the voice of the people. Too long have big businesses run the political process. No longer.
We are Anonymous.
We are Legion.
We are united as one, divided by zero.
Expect us.
Can we leave Mardis Gras out of the boycott?
New Orleans, in general, also benefits from that and.....I wanna go to MG.
Are you kidding? Mardi Gras-branded paper products. Not the festival.
"Anonymous is legion.
Anonymous does not forgive.
Anonymous does not forget.
Expect us.
Those koch-sucking tea partiers are brain dead
their entire existence as a 'movement' is based on lies, like obama raised your incomes taxes (he didn't), or Obama's spending is the reason we have such a big deficit (it isn't).
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