(MintPress) – In an eight-minute video floating around the Internet, the online activist, or hacktivist group Anonymous declares war on the U.S. government and calls for all Americans to join them in a revolution, which they dubbed “Operation American Freedom.”
In the video, the group alleges that the U.S. government is seeking to “end the constitution” and rid America of “freedoms granted by our forefathers,” adding that Americans must fight to ensure that our forefathers blood was not shed in vain.
The group also cites several examples of how the government has abused the American people’s freedoms and announced they will no longer tolerate them, such as:
- We refuse to be a police state.
- We refuse to be brutalized and dehumanized by the very people our tax dollars fund to protect our cities and streets.
- We will not allow the government to control our destiny, our right to build a life for ourselves.
- We demand freedom from government control, taxation, repossession and death.
- You will not come to our doors and take our guns, our property, you will not force the citizens of this great country to participate in the unlawful act of government mandated healthcare.
- We the people refuse to put in your control our health, our bodies, our minds, our lives.
- We will not grant permission for the government to deploy drones over our homes and communities.
- We must end the federal reserve. A private central bank should not issue our currency, set interest rates and run our economy. Rather, we need to return control over the currency to the American people where it belongs.
Realizing that many Americans would be hesitant to join Anonymous’ fight, since the group has been labeled by the U.S. as a terrorist organization, the group mentions their terror status in the video: “The United States Government insists on labeling us as terrorists. The question is, ‘Who do we terrorize?’ Is it probable that the United States government is truly afraid of we, the people?”
One of the main points the group tried to push in their video was that the U.S. government was no longer functional, but it wasn’t too late to save our “great nation.”
“We are not calling upon the collective to deface or use a distributed denial of service attack on a United States government agency website, or affiliate. We are not calling upon the people to once again occupy a city or protest in front of a local building; this has not brought on us any legislative change or alternate law. It has only brought us bloodshed and false criticism.”
“For the last 12 years, voting has been useless. Corporations and lobbyists are the true leaders of this country and are the ones with the power to control our lives. To rebuild our government, we must first destroy it. Our time for democracy is here. Our time for resolution is here. This is America’s time for revolution. To restore our constitutional rights, to once again, be free. Therefore, Anonymous along with the American people, have decided to openly declare war on the United States government. This is a call to arms.”
Alleging that the government has violated fundamental rights of American citizens — life, liberty and pursuit of happiness — Anonymous argues that it’s the responsibility of the people to rise up against the government when our nations leaders step out of line.
The video ends with a masked member of the group saying, “You will know when it’s time,” likely to revolt, and signs off repeating Anonymous’ tagline: “We never forgive. We never forget. We fight for our rights.”