A Message from Anonymous - 01/29/2011Hello, world.

You are now breathing manually.

Overthe last few weeks, North Africans have expressed an ardent desire forliberty, democracy, and justice for both themselves, and for the world.While most in the West responded with a mild interest and cynicism forwhich our culture has become rightly reviled, Anonymous responded withaction. Beginning with Tunisia and continuing on to Egypt, thousands ofworld citizens have dedicated their lives to securing the liberty ofothers, providing tools, expertise, and long-sought encouragement tothose who have already earned their rights by virtue of fighting forthem.

When Tunisians bristled in indignation at the chains thathave bound them for far too long, the world was silent. Anonymous wasnot; and thus the online venues of state propaganda were taken down andin some cases replaced with our own clear message that those who wantour help will get it.

When protests erupted upon the occasion ofone fruit vendor's bravery, the media ignored it. Anonymous did not,and thus Tunisians were provided with the Guide to Protecting the NorthAfrican Revolutions.

When Wikileaks confirmed the cruelty andcorruption of the Ben Ali regime, Western governments did nothing.Anonymous organized hundreds of Tunisians directly and thousands moreindirectly.

It was the Tunisian people themselves that overcamethe tyranny to which they had been subjected. They did so in thecontext of the digital reformation, with unprecedented assistanceprovided over a mere few weeks. Others will follow. Some have alreadybegun.

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That the Egyptian regime has reacted to theyearning of its citizens by shutting down the nation's communicationsis the smoking gun that should tell the world that communications arethe key to liberty. That we live in the communications age should, andhas been, of great alarm to all who love their power more than theirpeople, or who consider themselves to be the only ones capable ofgoverning the world around them. That they have failed to provide anyreal security should remind all concerned that such people are not onlyunnecessary to true security, but a perpetual threat to same.

Anonymousis a machine that harnesses the talent that other, lesser institutionsoften fail to acknowledge or incorporate. Man is a creature that buildsinstitutions and thereafter loses his grip on them. Anonymous curesinstitutions that are dying and destroys institutions that ought tohave died long ago.

All significant human activity is the resultof human collaboration - including this very press release. And themeans by which humans may collaborate has exploded - not expanded, notincreased, but exploded - in such a way as to allow any man on earth totalk and work with any other man.

Such issues will be exploredsoon enough. In the meantime, we demand that all normal communicationsbe restored to the people of Egypt by January 29th, 12:00 midnight,Eastern Standard Time. That we have occasion to make such a demand inthe first place should be enough to convince all good men that theworld needs revolution. That we have made it in full view of all menshould be enough to convince them that we now have the means to back itup - not just against this regime, but against any and all parties thatcontinue to prop it up even after it has conceded that the truth is itsenemy.

We are Anonymous.
We are Legion.
We do not Forgive.
We do not Forget.