by Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive, Feb. 12, 2013:

Anonymous Activists in LA. Photo credit: Wikipedia

Prime Minister Stephen Harper‘s Internet surveillance Bill C-30 is dead. The demise of the deceptively christened Protecting Children From Internet Predators Act is a victory for the Internet. For Canadian democracy. For Canadians. Federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson confirmed it yesterday when he announced that the Conservatives won’t be pursuing the adoption of the police-state-style online surveillance legislation.

WikiLeaks (Photo credit: Sean MacEntee)

by Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive, Feb. 27, 2012:

Today WikiLeaks began publishing The Global Intelligence Files – more than five million emails showing the inner workings of Statfor, a Texas-based “global intelligence” used by large corporations to monitor groups fighting for a just cause. The emails, acquired by Anonymous, reveal a web of informers, pay-off structure, payment-laundering techniques and psychological methods. They betray the criminality and paranoia of corporations.

This week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Public Safety Minister, Vic Toews, attacked the Internet and Canadians through Bill C-30. He insulted Canadians, and threatened their right to online privacy and a host of individual freedoms. But Canadians employed the muscle of the social media and hit back! Via Twitter & Facebook, here’s what they had to say…