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Aktivister i 600 byer har i det seneste døgn hyldet Guy Fawkes – maskeikonet som hackergruppen Anonymous bruger som symbol på deres modstand mod overvågning.

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Aktivister i 600 byer har i det seneste døgn hyldet Guy Fawkes – maskeikonet som hackergruppen Anonymous bruger som symbol på deres modstand mod overvågning.

Protesters wearing Guy Fawkes mask stand near the White House during the Anonymous Million Mask March on the streets of downtown Washington, DC on November 5, 2015. The idea of "Million Mask March" is to get Anonymous protesters from all over the world to gather publicly on November 5. AFP PHOTO/ PAUL J. RICHARDS — Foto: Scanpix/Paul J. Richards/AFP

MOBILISERING. Den katolske rebel Guy Fawkes fra 1500-tallets England er i dag blevet for unge, hvad den argentiske revolutionsleder Che Guevara var for ’68-generationen: I det seneste døgn er han blevet fejret kloden rundt. Her ved Det Hvide Hus i Washington D.C.

TOPSHOTS An anti-capitalist protesters wearing a Guy Fawkes mask carries a traffic cone during the "Million Masks March" protest march, organised by the group Anonymous, as it passes Parliament Square in London on November 5, 2015. The protest was held on the night of Britain's Guy Fawkes Night, and many of the marchers wore the white masks of the man who plotted to blow up parliament in 1605, now associated with Anonymous. AFP PHOTO / JACK TAYLOR — Foto: Scanpix/Jack Taylor/AFP

GADEFEST. Guy Fawkes-masker har præget nattens bybillede i London, hvor aktivister forberedte sig på den såkaldte ‘Million Masks March’, en global markering som er organiseret af hackergruppen Anonymous.

Protesters from the online activist group "Anonymous" wearing Guy Fawkes masks march with a Guatemalan flag in downtown Guatemala, November 5, 2015. The group claims to be mobilizing protests in more than 600 cities worldwide as part of what they call the "Million Mask March" held on Guy Fawkes day. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez — Foto: Scanpix/Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters

PROTESTMARCH. Masken stammer fra tegneserien ‘V for Vendetta’ oghar tydeligvis global gennemslagskraft: Her markeres Guy Fawkes-dagen i Guatamala City, som er én af i alt 600 byer, hvor Anonymous hævder at have folk på gaden.

TOPSHOTS Palestinian protesters use a huge slingshot to hurl stones at Israeli security forces during clashes near Shejaiya, an eastern district of Gaza City along the border with Israel, on November 6, 2015. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS — Foto: Scanpix/Mahmud Hams/AFP

SLYNGLER. Kampe i Palæstina behøver ingen anledning for at bryde ud, men også her blev ‘Guy Fawkes’-dagen brugt til konfrontationer mellem palæstinensiske drenge og israelske soldater.

Anonymous activists wearing Guy Fawkes masks rally in Westlake Park before the "Million Mask March" in Seattle, Washington November 5, 2015. Protesters blocked traffic as they marched to the Federal Courthouse and Amazon's campus in the South Lake Union neighborhood. REUTERS/Jason Redmond — Foto: Scanpix/Jason Redmond/Reuters

AKTIVISME. Ingen by har betydet mere for anti-globaliseringsbevægelsen end Seattle i USA, hvor voldsomme protester brød ud i 2007 i forbindelse med WTO-topmødet. Som et minde om ‘the Battle of Seattle’ var Guy Fawkes-aktivister også på gaden her.