From the ‘Occupy Congress’ rally last January. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images

From the ‘Occupy Congress’ rally last January. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images

In case you didn’t notice from all the V For Vendetta clips annoyingly posted on various social media platforms today, it’s Guy Fawkes Day, And appropriately enough, Anonymous—the hacktivist group—wanted to make sure you remember, remember this fifth of November by throwing a mass rally in D.C. today.

At 9 a.m., thousands of supporters gathered in front of the Washington Monument and—Guy Fawkes masks a-plenty—they marched to the White House, the Capitol Building, and other memorials and landmarks around the National Mall. At about 3 p.m. the crowd—still over a thousand strong—headed back to the White House to continue protesting. They’re now trying to enter the Monsanto Headquarters.

But what exactly are they protesting? Everything, I guess. According to the official “Million Mask March” Facebook page, organizers write that the mission statement of the march is to “remind this world what it has forgotten, that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than just words.”

Well that’s vague.

But wait, they explain further:

There are quite a few things on the list of ” topics ” for this event, this will include but not limited to Government (this is a big gray area) Reform Education Pharmaceutical companies pushing meds War Constitutional rights Freedom Unity Drug abuse Respect for all of mankind Corruption Food – GMO’s , Nutrition and health Children Violence worldwide Waking the people there many more things , too many to list. but just to name a few. FREE BRADLEY MANNING!
War
The financial elite
The police state
The Rothschilds

We come to issue a warning

Oh, OK.

The Facebook event info also states that this is going to be the “largest mass protest in human history,” but even with over 17,000 people who replied that they’re “going,” that doesn’t hold a candle to, say, the Million Man March in 1995, which an estimated 400,000 people attended, or the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, which also had several hundred thousand people. Or even the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, which amassed over 200,000 people a few years ago.

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