"$4 the 5th of November, the gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot...."
Guy Fawkes masks, $4 in the movie "V for Vendetta," have become a global symbol of
Right now people are $4 all over the world for the $4.
"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," British graphic novel artist David Lloyd, the man $4 for a comic strip written by Alan Moore, $4.
The $4 event, organized by the amorphous hacker group $4, is sure to irk authorities as Guy Fawkes masks transform identifiable citizens into anonymous dissidents.
"My feeling is the Anonymous group needed an all-purpose image to hide their identity and also symbolize that they stand for individualism - V for Vendetta is a story about one person against the system," Lloyd told BBC.
Canada $4 that bans the wearing of masks during a riot or unlawful assembly and carries a maximum 10-year prison sentence, so it will be interesting to see $4.
Reuters notes that these masks in Brazil are manufactured for sale to stores specializing in costumes.
In 2011 purported members of Anonymous $4 that activists were ordering masks mass-produced and shipped in from Asia so that Time Warner didn't receive the loyalties.
Here they are in Bahrain:And Brazil:![brazil](http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/51c44a46ecad047747000007-1200-858/rtx10vr3.jpg)
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A combination picture shows demonstrators with their faces painted and wearing a Guy Fawkes mask during a protest against the Confederations Cup and President Dilma Rousseff's government, in Recife City June 20, 2013.
At labor protests in Portugal: And Turkey:Fawkes even made it out to the capital of Syria:![syria rebels guy fawkes](http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5278fe8d6bb3f7b74dc6c5ba-1200-800/rtx13vhy.jpg)
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Free Syrian Army fighters joke around with a Guy Fawkes mask in Jobar, a suburb of Damascus, September 22, 2013.
And, of course, Occupy Wall Street:Another look at the Brazilian factory:
![brazil](http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/51c44a46ecad047747000007-1200-858/rtx10vr3.jpg)
REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci
A combination picture shows demonstrators with their faces painted and wearing a Guy Fawkes mask during a protest against the Confederations Cup and President Dilma Rousseff's government, in Recife City June 20, 2013.
![syria rebels guy fawkes](http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5278fe8d6bb3f7b74dc6c5ba-1200-800/rtx13vhy.jpg)
REUTERS/Mohammed Abdullah
Free Syrian Army fighters joke around with a Guy Fawkes mask in Jobar, a suburb of Damascus, September 22, 2013.