Want to take a stand on behalf of transparency and free speech? Cut the invisible fence that is America’s SuperMax open prison environment? Here's how: First and foremost: Do not use PayPal. I don't care how much you want that widget. Do not use PayPal for anything. Period. And secondly, Do not buy anything from Amazon.com. Thirdly; If you have a Visa card, turn it into tinsel and hang it on the tree. Whatever you do, avoid that card. And if you really are a stand-up citoyen du Monde, The Philadelphia-based mobile payments firm Xipwire, Inc. has agreed to act as an intermediary for WikiLeaks after the world's largest credit card providers halted all electronic donations to the non-profit media outlet. The company has set up a page where WikiLeaks supporters can donate, saying it will waive all related fees. Xipline founder Sharif Aleandre: "While people may or may not agree with WikiLeaks and the documents it has released, we feel that PayPal's recent decision to refuse to process donations on their behalf effectively silences voices in this democracy. In fact, it was the Citizens United case that basically equated donations with free speech and if the Supreme Court decided that our government doesn't have the power to regulate that speech then it's our opinion that corporations certainly shouldn't have that power either."
- KBOO