What is Anonymous?
Channel: Guido Fawkes
Date: 07/11/2015

Dear citizens of the world!

In case you’ve forgot!

Anonymous is not a group, it is an idea. Specifically it is the idea that all of us deserve freedom from oppression and exploitation.

We support freedom of conscience, freedom of speech, freedom from physical, sexual or economic exploitation and a right to meaningfully participate in our own economic and political outcomes. 

It is the freedom to determine the course and destination of our own lives, while recognizing our own ethical responsibility not to violate the personal autonomy or self dignity of others in the process. 

We do not believe that any person's claim to title, position, or wealth, entitles them to engage in predatory practices against the more vulnerable members of society and we do not support a political or economic system designed to benefit a few at the expense of the many. 

If you share these ideas then you are one of us.

Anonymous embraces many races, genders, cultures, ethnicities, national origins, sexual orientations, and ideological traditions, yet is united under the common flag of humanity. 
We are composed of Spiritualists, Philosophers, Theists, Agnostics, Rationalists, Scientists and Atheists, yet are united under one spirit of tolerance in our search for personal expression. 

We are not domestic terrorists and we do not condone unprovoked acts of aggression. 
We are citizens of the World who bear witness to acts of tyranny, oppression, censorship, and social injustice, and seek to make systematic changes to create a more humane society.

We engage in activism to provoke thought and challenge the status quo in our pursuit of creating a more equitable system of governance. 

We seek greater transparency in government and an end to corrupt practices in our institutions of public service. Some of our members include computer hackers, who utilize their skills to access corporate and government databases and disseminate critical information to the public. 
Some members organize protests and rallies. Some members volunteer their time to help meet the needs of those who have been abandoned by the system. Others sound the alarm bell to raise public awareness of the social injustices which affect the lives of those around us. 

We have no leaders or command structure which dictate the methods of resistance.

We are your friends, your family members, your neighbors, and your colleagues. 

We prepare your food, repair your appliances, write your books, compose your music, create your technology, defend your legal rights and heal your sick. We are your barbers, hairdressers, wait staff, store clerks, students, teachers, computer technicians, postal workers, bus drivers, municipal employees, public administrators, security guards, military veterans, law enforcement officers, nurses, doctors, lawyers and judges. 

We are everyone and we are no one. 

None of us are as powerful as all of us