Killswitch: The Battle To Save The Internet

Popular Resistance recommends using the film Killswitch to build the movement to ensure the future of the Internet.

Killswitch is a movie about the Internet and for the Internet. 

Aaron Swartz speaking at a rally against SOPA and PIPA.

Aaron Swartz speaking at a rally against SOPA and PIPA.

Killswitch The Battle to Control the Internet is now available to anyone in the world with an internet connection and $5 to stream on www.killswitchthefilm.com or download via BitTorrent Bundle.

It is a tool you should use in your organizing. 

Killswitch the story of two young hactivists, Aaron Swartz & Edward Snowden, who symbolize the disruptive and dynamic nature of the Internet. Their lives parallel one another as they free information to millions on the Internet, putting them directly in the cross-hairs of the most powerful interests in the world. 

Will this be a cautionary tale of what happens when you dare to take on elite power structures? Or will it be the spark that ignites a revolution that will redefine democracy in the digital age?

Edward Snowden in Moscow 2. Barton Gellman For The Washington Post.

Edward Snowden in Moscow 2. Barton Gellman For The Washington Post.

The film featureLawrence Lessig, Tim Wu and Peter Ludlow, each of whom bring a different expertise and analysis to why the Internet is the key to our future and something we have to defend and protect. 

Killswitch is a deeply emotional call-to-action against power structures threatening our civil liberties.

A free and open Internet with equal access for all is a critical tool the fate of the Internet will in large part determine our future. 

Watch the trailer:  Killswitch – Documentary Trailer (Available Oct. 23rd 2015) from Jeffrey Horn on Vimeo. The website for Killswitch contains lots of tools you can use to use the film in your organizing and you can watch the film from the site.

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