Greetings citizens of the world, we are Anonymous.
First a history lesson, way back in December 2012, Take Nerdo (his name is now public knowledge but I will continue to use his online handle), a church volunteer and student at Northampton University, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for “organising” a DDoS attack on PayPal dubbed #OpPaypal that, the company said, cost £3.5 million, when it actually didn't. But what did he actually do, and what happened to the money? All in response to the firm cutting off donations to WikiLeaks.
And what happened to the £3.5 million that was “lost”? Nothing.
There are many theories about Anonymous. That we’re anarchists, kids, crazy film-buffs that saw one too many superhero movies. The truth is, we are all of these things. Anonymous is a symbol, like the flag a country flies. The flag is the symbol of the country. The masks our identity. We are not Anonymous – we represent the ideals of Anonymous. Truth, freedom and the end of censorship. Like any symbol, we affix it wherever we go, as you have seen from street protests.
The first undeniable truth, Anonymous stood and will always stand for WikiLeaks, and what it represents, truth and transparency. The second undeniable truth, its founder, Julian Assange, is an Australian journalist, arrested for publishing the truth about war crimes committed by the United States army in Iraq. He is not guilty of any crime.
Let the truth be free, let us have as many messengers of truth.
We are computer hackers. We are protesters. We are not criminals. We are your mothers and fathers, your brothers and sisters, and your next-door neighbours.
We are Anonymous.
We are legion.
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.
Expect us.
First a history lesson, way back in December 2012, Take Nerdo (his name is now public knowledge but I will continue to use his online handle), a church volunteer and student at Northampton University, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for “organising” a DDoS attack on PayPal dubbed #OpPaypal that, the company said, cost £3.5 million, when it actually didn't. But what did he actually do, and what happened to the money? All in response to the firm cutting off donations to WikiLeaks.
And what happened to the £3.5 million that was “lost”? Nothing.
There are many theories about Anonymous. That we’re anarchists, kids, crazy film-buffs that saw one too many superhero movies. The truth is, we are all of these things. Anonymous is a symbol, like the flag a country flies. The flag is the symbol of the country. The masks our identity. We are not Anonymous – we represent the ideals of Anonymous. Truth, freedom and the end of censorship. Like any symbol, we affix it wherever we go, as you have seen from street protests.
The first undeniable truth, Anonymous stood and will always stand for WikiLeaks, and what it represents, truth and transparency. The second undeniable truth, its founder, Julian Assange, is an Australian journalist, arrested for publishing the truth about war crimes committed by the United States army in Iraq. He is not guilty of any crime.
Let the truth be free, let us have as many messengers of truth.
We are computer hackers. We are protesters. We are not criminals. We are your mothers and fathers, your brothers and sisters, and your next-door neighbours.
We are Anonymous.
We are legion.
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.
Expect us.
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WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, and other journalists have won these awards:
- The Economist New Media Award (2008)
- The Amnesty New Media Award (2009)
- TIME Magazine Person of the Year, People’s Choice highest global vote (2010)
- The Sam Adams Award for Integrity (2010)
- The National Union of Journalists Journalist of the Year awarded to Kristinn Hrafnsson (2011)
- The Sydney Peace Foundation Gold Medal (2011)
- The Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism (2011)
- The Blanquerna Award for Best Communicator (2011)
- The Walkley Award for Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism (2011)
- The Voltaire Award for Free Speech (2011)
- The International Piero Passetti Journalism Prize of the National Union of Italian Journalists (2011)
- The Jose Couso Press Freedom Award (2011)
- The Privacy International Hero of Privacy (2012)
- The Global Exchange Human Rights People’s Choice Award (2013)
- The Yoko Ono Lennon Courage Award for the Arts (2013)
- The Brazilian Press Association Human Rights Award (2013)
- The Kazakhstan Union of Journalists Top Prize (2014)
- The GUE/NGL prize for ‘Journalists, Whistleblowers and Defenders of the Right to Information (2019)
- The Journalists Club of Mexico's annual International Journalism Award (2019)
- The Danny Schechter Global Vision Award for Journalism and Activism (2019)
- The Gavin MacFadyen award (2019)
- The European United Left-Nordic Green Left Award for Journalists,
Whistleblowers and Defenders of the Right to Information awarded to Julian Assange (2019) - The Gary Webb Freedom of the Press Award for courage in the face of an unprecedented attack
on press freedom awarded to Julian Assange (2020) - The Stuttgart Peace Prize for the freedom of information and press freedom awarded to Julian Assange (2020)
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How to write to Julian:
Always include Julian's date of birth and write it in UK format day/month/year.
Mr. Julian Assange DOB: 3/07/1971
HMP Belmarsh
Western Way
London SE28 0EB
United Kingdom
Always put your full name, address, and country, on the back of the envelope, or else the letter will not be delivered.
Send short notes only.
Julian Assange can only write back if you include with the letter:
In addition, you can send photos and drawings.
You can't send greeting cards, packages, loose stamps, cash, books, or magazines.
The cost of a standard letter to the EU is £1.35. (source)
A second class stamp costs 61 pence.
If you use 2 second class stamps, you will only be paying £1.22. This means a shortfall of 13 pence. The addressee in Europe may be required to cover the shortfall (payment on delivery) or, more likely, the letter may be returned to you due to insufficient postage.
I recommend that you use 2 x first class stamps. A first class stamp costs 70 pence. Therefore, if you use 2 first class stamps, you will be paying £1.40 for postage which is 5 pence more than you need to (prices from May 2019).
P.S. If you don’t have first class stamps, you should use 3 second class stamps not 2. This will equal £1.83 in value, which is 48 pence more than you need but at least there is no risk that the letter will not be delivered.
Mr. Julian Assange DOB: 3/07/1971
HMP Belmarsh
Western Way
London SE28 0EB
United Kingdom
Always put your full name, address, and country, on the back of the envelope, or else the letter will not be delivered.
Send short notes only.
Julian Assange can only write back if you include with the letter:
- a blank piece of paper,
- a pre-stamped envelope containing your full name, address, and country, written in pen NOT pencil.
In addition, you can send photos and drawings.
You can't send greeting cards, packages, loose stamps, cash, books, or magazines.
The cost of a standard letter to the EU is £1.35. (source)
A second class stamp costs 61 pence.
If you use 2 second class stamps, you will only be paying £1.22. This means a shortfall of 13 pence. The addressee in Europe may be required to cover the shortfall (payment on delivery) or, more likely, the letter may be returned to you due to insufficient postage.
I recommend that you use 2 x first class stamps. A first class stamp costs 70 pence. Therefore, if you use 2 first class stamps, you will be paying £1.40 for postage which is 5 pence more than you need to (prices from May 2019).
P.S. If you don’t have first class stamps, you should use 3 second class stamps not 2. This will equal £1.83 in value, which is 48 pence more than you need but at least there is no risk that the letter will not be delivered.
