14 DAY TRIAL // Members of the Anonymous movement have published a video calling citizens from all around the world to join them in a global protest. The initiators of the campaign dubbed “#MayDay” have named May 1 a “global day of resistance.”
“We call upon every person, in every nation, every state, city, county, and street, to Unite, and to rise up and to take back the public commons from the oppressors. March the streets, occupy the public space; be free and reclaim your rights as human beings,” the initiators of the operation wrote.
The hacktivists urge people to refrain from using the services of banks and from shopping so that the “one percent” realizes that without the 99 percent “they are nothing.”
MayDay is similar to the MillionMaskMarch that takes place on November 5. However, it doesn’t appear that this campaign is supported by as many individuals. The video announcement posted to YouTube has been viewed by just over 1,100 people.
It remains to be seen if any protests take place. In the meantime, we can expect at least some small Anonymous-affiliated hacktivist groups to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks and deface a few (probably random) websites.
Check out the video announcement for MayDay 2014:
