November 5 is traditionally Guy Fawkes Day in Britain
Guy Fawkes Day November 5 V for Vendetta Alan Moore JamesHarrison, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Participants in costume hold burning torches as they take part in one a series of processions during Bonfire night celebrations in Britain. The processions and bonfire mark the uncovering of Guy Fawkes’ “Gunpowder Plot” to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605, and commemorates the memory of its seventeen Protestant martyrs.
To honor Guy Fawkes revolutionary spirit the Anonymous group is planning a million V for VENDETTA mask protest against corrupt governments November 5 in 463 cities this year.
The V for VENDETTA mask was made famous by writer Alan Moore’s and David Lloyd’s graphic novel V for VICTORY {82-89} later made in to a popular film by the Wachowski brothers who also made The MATRIX.
Artist Lloyd is quoted saying: “The Guy Fawkes…
