Million Mask March on London's Parliament and in DC, right now.

[dixiegrrrrl]

https://twitter.com/hashtag/MillionMaskMarch?src=hash

Rallying cry: UNFUCK THE WORLD!!!

DC:
http://new.livestream.com/accounts/124908/events/3536523

London:
http://rt.com/uk/202583-million-mask-march-police/

Remember,remember, the 5th of November.

and for those not current in their history,:
How Guy Fawkes became the face of post-modern protest
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/11/economist-explains-3?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/guyfawkes

[dilby]

1. Wonder how many showed up to vote yesterday?

Maybe if we opened polls at 5 PM and let them stay open till 1 AM, served alcohol and allowed people to wear Guy Fox masks we could get some of these young voters who seem to not be able to wake up before the crack of noon.

[Ykcutnek]

2. As a Millennial, I have many on my Facebook.

They're all libertarian-leaning, impoverished and never vote.

They think it makes them edgy or something.

Millennial women on my Facebook like my liberal rants by a 5-1 margin.

It's the sexually frustrated white boys who need to grow up.

[shenmue]

8. Thank you

[smokey nj]

16. It's Guy FAWKES, not Guy Fox.

[arcane1]

3. I'm so sick of those ridiculous masks. They should walk into a fucking voting booth instead.

"Boo hoo! I dropped out of the system and now I'm complaining that other people aren't fixing it for me. Therefore, I'll drop out even more!"

Gimmie a fucking break. Any dumb-ass can put on a mask and shout inane slogans.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Yeah, cause voting turned out so well ...............

[arcane1]

6. When two thirds of voters don't even bother to show up, this is what we get.

And then those same idiots will use this outcome to say that voting is the problem.

[Luminous Animal]

5. How do you know that they didn't?

[arcane1]

7. Most voters didn't. Why not have a march BEFORE the election, with a GOTV slogan?

Nope, much easier to whine about "the system"

[Luminous Animal]

10. Because BEFORE wasn't the 5th of November.

Remember, remember!
The fifth of November,
The Gunpowder treason and plot;
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!
Guy Fawkes and his companions
Did the scheme contrive,
To blow the King and Parliament
All up alive.
Threescore barrels, laid below,
To prove old England's overthrow.
But, by God's providence, him they catch,
With a dark lantern, lighting a match!
A stick and a stake
For King James's sake!
If you won't give me one,
I'll take two,
The better for me,
And the worse for you.
A rope, a rope, to hang the Pope,
A penn'orth of cheese to choke him,
A pint of beer to wash it down,
And a jolly good fire to burn him.
Holloa, boys! holloa, boys! make the bells ring!
Holloa, boys! holloa boys! God save the King!
Hip, hip, hooor-r-r-ray!

[arcane1]

11. Right, the religious terrorist and the comic-book movie. Completely irrelevant.

[Luminous Animal]

13. It is a global protest. Not everything is about the US. Nearly 500 locations around the

world. They are using this years protest as a spring board to joining "Moral Mondays"

You asked my why now and not before the vote. I told you why.

http://www.millionmaskmarch.com/map

http://mondaymarches.org

[arcane1]

15. To what end? "We need mass mobilization to effect change" is rather vague

I support protests and mass movements, but in the context of a pathetic voter turnout, what good does it do?

[Luminous Animal]

21. Each town and city will likely decide to what end. The grievances of the people

in Ljubljana, Slovenia will not be the same as those in Oakland, California.

[Luminous Animal]

12. And besides, this was a global protest in about 500 locations around the world

http://www.millionmaskmarch.com/map

I personally know 4 people who worked tirelessly during this election volunteering...on the phones and going door to door who are attending in San Francisco.

[Caretha]

20. IOW

you are speaking out your ass and just assuming & giving us your opinion that these protesters are not voters. Go away already.

Heh...who needs it?

[arcane1]

22. Of course I am! I'm frustrated at the apathy in the electorate.

I was out there protesting the Iraq invasion along with thousands of others, including many DUers at my side, and where did that get us? Our elected officials voted for it.

this whole "unfuck the system" stunt just looks like petulance to me.

[Caretha]

26. Buddy

you are way out of your league.

I was protesting the VN war, Ive been married to 2 VN Vets and was out burning my fuckin' bra & protesting VN before you even wet your diapers.

Get over yourself and figure out why the "electorate" isn't voting.

[arcane1]

28. Get over yourself first. Insulting DUers is not cool.

How old must I be before I can speak for myself? I'm 47 now, how much longer must I wait before my opinion reaches your august heights?

[Caretha]

29. Possibly never

you first have to demonstrate moral fortitude.

[arcane1]

30. What the fuck is that supposed to mean? I have no morals because I voted?

Posting while drunk is a bad idea. Try again tomorrow when you can make some sense.

[Caretha]

32. I always say what I mean

....projection is a bad bad trait. Perhaps you need to quit tippin' the bottle.

[arcane1]

33. Then please, enlighten me: why do you say I have no "moral fortitude"?

Put up or shut up. So far you have been nothing but a disruptor in this thread, derailing discussion instead of cultivating it. Now's your chance to actually contribute.

[Caretha]

34. I'm not the one

projecting that people peacefully protesting are "non-voters" without a right to have their grievances heard nor a right to assemble and protest. Nor am I maliciously libeling people without one shred of evidence of their voter status due to my own perceived prejudices.

If you have moral fortitude you would never do that. Simple.

[arcane1]

35. As suspected, you have nothing. Now please go away.

[Caretha]

36. No

[arcane1]

37. I said "Good Day!"

[Luminous Animal]

47. Actually, she had a lot. You merely refused to address it.

To quote Cathera...

"I'm no the one projecting that people peacefully protesting are "non-voters" without a right to have their grievances heard nor a right to assemble and protest. Nor am I maliciously libeling people without one shred of evidence of their voter status due to my own perceived prejudices.

If you have moral fortitude you would never do that. Simple."

[VanillaRhapsody]

38. actually....it is your age group that fucked us into this.....

the ones that did vote.....they are in your generation.....the Love and Peace and flowers generation....just fucked us for a couple election cycles AT LEAST...

[Caretha]

40. Peace & Love

that's what you think?

Pfff

My family! My friends! Fuckin' died. Nothin' goddamned flowery about it except the caskets. You have not one clue of what you speak.

My 2nd husband, a Master Load Sgt flew over 17,000 American dead soldiers home. You think we thought it was all about "Peace & Love"?

You stink...you really really do.

[VanillaRhapsody]

41. Too bad...but it IS the truth....they sold out!

and became Teabaggers!

Avg. voting age in this election..... 65....

(by the way....my father...career military....soooo)

[Caretha]

46. believe me

protesting is a hell of a lot harder than voting.

Try it, you might like it. It's about fucking time your generation showed up instead of running their trap.

[VanillaRhapsody]

49. I have done it.....

I admitted my generation didn't show up.....and I am running my trap because I did.....but it is still the truth....YOUR generation fucked us for a couple election cycles by voting FOR them!

[Luminous Animal]

51. For some strange reason, people think the anti-war, feminist, social and economic justice

movements were the majority. They were decided not. They were vilified then at near all fronts... government, media, and public opinion... hippies, civil rights activists, feminists, were all a minority segment of the population. It was the "Me" generation that didn't pick up the reigns to sustain those minority of the populations movements.

[VanillaRhapsody]

52. they were not one group...you named 3 right there....

that adds up to a lot of people...

[Luminous Animal]

54. Each separately was a small segment of society and collectively they

were a small segment of society. Most of those groups had significant crossover. Except the feminists. They were pretty much on their own.

But really, do some research. The reality of the era is much more compelling than the myth. The obstacles were huge and then when leaders and inspirations started getting killed, those who had been putting up the good fight looked to the youngsters to take up the reigns. The "Me" generation wasn't interested.

The labor movement in the U.S. is pegged to have started in 1839. It's successes and failures ebbed and flowed for a century before it started to gain real footing but even at it's height, those who belonged to a union were the minority of the population though with significant public support.

During the 1980s, when Reagan aggressively began to destroy unions, the verbal support was still there but there was no guts for the fight. Those BORN in the 60s thought we had won it all for them when the fight had just begun.

[VanillaRhapsody]

55. I don't give a fuck....the fact remains.....they did this....

65 yr olds decided this election....PERIOD....because their asses are Racists STILL! That is all this was...it wasn't even in support of the Republicans....this was a fucking ratfuck the Black guy in "our White House" election.

To deny that is analogous to denying White male Privilege...

[Luminous Animal]

56. Okay, you have me intrigued. Could you expand on the white male privilege aspect,

[Luminous Animal]

42. For every hippie, there were 10 Mitt Romneys. And the police to back them up...

And there are still plenty of people in my generation (I'm in Obama's generation... the tag end of VN), who are willing to put their liberty on the line.

[VanillaRhapsody]

43. Not nearly enough....WE (I am in that generation) didn't show up....

the average age that voted...65....

[Luminous Animal]

45. 51% of those who voted were between the ages of 31-59. A lot of us voted.

[VanillaRhapsody]

50. Okay then....I take that part back....but still the average age...65

[muriel_volestrangler]

57. For the record, no - the average age was in the early 50s

http://edition.cnn.com/election/2014/results/race/house#exit-polls

18-24: 7%
25-29: 6%
30-39: 13%
40-49: 19%
50-64: 33%
65 or older: 22%

So 55% were 50 or older; that 33% for the 15 years from 50 to 64 works out at a little over 2% per year, so, roughly, 50% of voters were 52 or older. That's the median, and I think the average will be very close to the median in this case (there will have been a very few in their nineties or over 100 that can push up the average, but not many, I think). The average won't be above 53, I think.

[Luminous Animal]

39. It appears to be proactive rather than reactive myself. Change takes

many years of activism in all forms... marches, voting, letter writing, art, music, movies, posters, graffiti, hacking, doxing... so Anon wants to make an attempt to make it a public, global and sustained movement by meeting every Monday.

The chances of that happening are slim; though, I would love to see it happening. Sustained activism is hard and the burn our rate is high.

As they state, one march a year is not enough.

Prior to the Iraq war invasion, I was part of the protests that shut down the financial district of San Francisco for 3 days. Imagine if enough people had joined us to shut it down for a week or 2 weeks. And imagine that happening globally and regularly... targeted protests around the globe in alliance with localized grievances.

Unfuck the system by disrupting the system.

[undergroundpanther]

44. exactly

Disrupt the system to unfuck the system. Hi luminous animal.

[Luminous Animal]

53. Hello underground panther. Thanks for the post!

[Zorra]

14. Again, how do you know they didn't vote? You sound just like my conservative father

did when I was protesting the Vietnam war.

[Luminous Animal]

17. Yep. Dirty hippie. Cut your hair! Get a job!

[arcane1]

18. I have shoulder-length hair myself. But please, smear me.

Two-thirds of the electorate didn't vote. Most of them lean left. Do the math.

[Luminous Animal]

23. And yet, no evidence whether those attending the protest in the U.S. voted or not...

Using a group of strangers protesting globally (even in places that didn't have an election yesterday) to levy unsubstantiated accusations to vent your frustrations.

[arcane1]

24. And I'm likely correct n/t

[marions ghost]

9. Good demonstration

thanks for posting

[NYC Liberal]

19. Using the face of a religious terrorist is pretty fucked up.

Good message. TERRIBLE imagery.

[arcane1]

25. Glad I'm not the only one who thinks those masks are stupid

[Luminous Animal]

31. Actually, it is modeled after an anti-fascist 1980s comic book character

From the link in the OP.

In the 1980s graphic novelists Alan Moore and David Lloyd created a comic strip, "V for Vendetta", in which the main protagonist is a cloaked anarchist who wears a grinning, moustachioed Guy Fawkes mask while battling against a fascist authoritarian state. The authors wanted to celebrate Fawkes by turning him into an anti-hero for the modern age. The comic was made into a film in 2006, and although it deviated from the original in a number of ways the mask of "V" was a faithful rendition of the stylised image from the book. Plastic masks to commemorate the release of the film were distributed to fans and could be bought online. Two years later, in January 2008, Anonymous launched "Project Chanology"—a coordinated attack on the Church of Scientology’s website which they deemed to be censoring information. Rule 17 of Anonymous's code of conduct, circulated to protesters before its "first real life public demonstration" on February 10th 2008 states: "Cover your face. This will prevent your identification from videos taken by hostiles". For those who chose to wear masks the decision was simple: taking inspiration from the last scene of the film, in which a crowd of Guy Fawkeses watch the Houses of Parliament explode, the "V for Vendetta" mask provided just the cover that Anonymous needed.

Since then the image has been adopted by the Occupy movement, and Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has also donned a Fawkes mask. It has become a regular feature of many protests. Mr Lloyd has called the mask a "convenient placard to use in protest against tyranny…it seems quite unique, an icon of popular culture being used this way". Although official masks from the film are still available online, most protesters prefer to print or paint their own. And to this day the Yeomen of the Guard, the English monarch's bodyguards since 1485, still search the cellars below the Palace of Westminster before each state opening of Parliament. The spirit of Fawkes, in many regards, lives on.

[yallerdawg]

27. The symbolism of the mask...

also expresses unity with all the peoples of the world who fight at great risk to themselves and their families agaist oppression from the government, any government.

"Remember, remember the 5th of November..."

[undergroundpanther]

48. just like the black flag

A symbol of mourning all injustices and abuses of all peoples everywhere,in history,the present and future.