| Hacking for Human Rights? Article about the Cult of the Dead Cow, the Hong Kong Blondes, and hacktivism. [Wired] (July 14, 1998) | |
| Computer Hacking New Tool of Political Activism 'Ruffin is among a growing group of outlaw programmers determined to make hacking more than job interviewing as an extreme sport. They are beginning to experiment with the mind-blowing skill locked in the global network of hackers as a powerful political | |
| Golden Age of Hacktivism, The 'The Scandinavian crack Saturday was not the work of bored juveniles armed with a Unix account, a slice of easily compiled code, and a few hours to kill. It advanced a specific political agenda.' [Wired] (September 22, 1998) | |
| China: The Great Firewall 'The weekend attacks added to the growing number of acts of hacktivism, in which political activists have used information warfare to protest China's stranglehold on free speech.' [Wired] (December 1, 1998) | |
| Dissidents Hack Holes in China's New Wall 'Electronic guerrillas breach blocks set up by the government to keep citizens from seeing unorthodox news and opinions on the Internet.' [LA Times] (January 4, 1999) | |
| They Call It Hacktivism 'A few weeks ago, several members of a hacking group called Legions of the Underground declared an ''electronic war'' against China and Iraq.' [Boston Globe] (January 24, 1999) | |
| E-Guerrillas in the Mist 'One by one, the world's most prominent Web sites are falling to the cyber bullets of Internet hackers. Unlike in the past, the new breed of electronic intruder has a political agenda.' [Ottawa Citizen] (June 16, 1999) | |
| Kashmir-minded Pakistani 'hacktivists' blitz Web sites 'Since October 1, the two students who make up the Pakistan Hackerz Club have defaced over 40 Web sites, according to a hacking mirror site.' [CNN] (October 8, 1999) | |
| Hacktivism: the new protest movement Article by Hugh Martin about hacktivism, including the attacks on Yahoo, Ebay, and amazon. [spark] (April 2, 2000) | |
| Hacktivists or Cyberterrorists? The Changing Media Discourse on Hacking This paper scrutinizes the language of government reports and news media sources to shed light on their role in forming a negative image of politically motivated hacking in general, and online political activism, in particular. It is argued that the mass | |
| Electronic Civil Disobedience and the World Wide Web of Hacktivism A 'Mapping of Extraparliamentarian Direct Action Net Politics' cultural theory conference paper by Stefan Wray. (November, 1998) | |
| Introduction to Hacktivism An introduction to the fundamental concepts of hacktivism by the Collusion Group. | |
| The Hacktivist Examining hacktivism and electronic civil disobedience. | |
| Attrition Web Page Hack Mirror Attrition's list of mirrors of site hacks. | |
| Activism, Hacktivism, and Cyberterrorism Paper by Dorothy Denning on 'The Internet as a Tool for Influencing Foreign Policy' for a foreign policy decisionmaking workshop | |
| Progressive Secretary This free service sends its subscribers prewritten emails on various issues, which one can then approve for sending on to the legislator, and President. The service is customizable, and the emails are informative. | |
| Earthwatchers Action Resource A online resource for political and social activism activism. Includes media contacts, political and activist resources. | |
| Earthsmartcars What's an 'earthsmartcar'? Find out at the Natural Resources Defense Council's site, and sign their online petition urging Detroit to produce environmentally-friendly hybrid cars. | |
| eActivist.org An action resource for the wired masses where you can help make a difference in three clicks or less. | |
| e-ActionMax Web-based advocacy software. Online action alert software for electronic advocacy. | |
