The meaning of the Guy Fawkes mask is not well known outside protest groups.
Once a year, on Guy Fawkes Day, it tossed the "worthless" canvases into a bonfire.
In 1606, Guy Fawkes, chief plotter in the attempt to blow up the British Houses of Parliament, was executed.
In some parts of Great Britain, the holiday celebration includes activities commemorating the capture of a notorious traitor, Guy Fawkes.
Guy Fawkes Day, November 5, is an English holiday commemorating the capture of the country's most notorious traitor, Guy Fawkes, in 1605.
Indeed, almost the only vestige of the old prejudice is the tradition of burning an effigy of Guy Fawkes on November 5th.
The annual displays commemorate both Guy Fawkes and the deaths of 17 Protestant martyrs, known as "The Sussex Martyrs, " between 1555 and 1557.
Numerous protesters - here and elsewhere - are choosing to identify themselves with the online protest group "Anonymous" by wearing the Guy Fawkes mask.
Tomorrow, November 5, is Guy Fawkes Day, the day that the English remember one of their most notorious villains or most celebrated heroes, depending on their politics.
Several demonstrators donned Guy Fawkes masks, considered symbolic of Anonymous.
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And yet Mr Blair, with his parliamentary majority of 176, is setting off a bigger bang under the British constitution than Guy Fawkes ever contrived with all his sacks of gunpowder.
But Moffett and NZRFU opposite number Chris Moller sat down for a long negotiation over the match date, before eventually settling on Guy Fawkes Night - a good omen for an explosive match.
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Not exactly the enemy of Guy Fawkes.
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"The town of Steubenville has been good at keeping this quiet and their star football team protected, " an Anonymous member wearing the group's trademark Guy Fawkes mask says in a video posted to the group's LocalLeaks website.
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"They are showing altered pictures of their own face using masks like that from 'V for Vendetta', " said Mok, referring to the 2005 film updating the story of Guy Fawkes, who tried to destroy Parliament building in England in the 17th Century.
"The Guy Fawkes mask has now become a common brand and a convenient placard to use in protest against tyranny - and I'm happy with people using it, it seems quite unique, an icon of popular culture being used this way, " he says.
"V for Vendetta" wasn't meant to be a disaster movie, of course, and there's no reason to think it will be a disaster, even though its original opening date of November 5th -- Guy Fawkes Day -- had to be pushed forward after real-life terrorists attacked London last July.
Knappenberger's film chronicles the rise of Anonymous from a disparate group hanging out in the forums of notorious website 4chan to the day recently when members of the Polish parliament, in protest of a vote they said would restrict Web freedom, donned their own Guy Fawkes masks in solidarity with the group.
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