A For Astley

Protesters arrive by bus to join an anti-Scientology demonstration outside the Church of Scientology in London. Photograph: Luke MacGregor/Reuters

They came, they shouted, they handed out cake. And then they played Rick Astley's Eighties hit 'Never Gonna Give You Up'. More than 300 members of the secret internet-based organisation Anonymous, which campaigns against the Church of Scientology, protested outside the latter's headquarters in the City of London yesterday.

The maverick, at times surreal, protest saw the group's members, who wore masks like the one worn by the main character in the cult film V for Vendetta, hold up placards attacking the controversial sect, whose supporters include Tom Cruise and John Travolta.

Anonymous alleges the church is a profit-obsessed organisation that practises a policy of 'disconnection' by seeking to prevent its members from communicating with friends and family. The claims are denied.

[Stolen from The Guardian via BoingBoing]

Check out the wikipedia info for Project Chanology, it's some good reading.

"Project Chanology, also called Operation Chanology, is an ongoing protest against the practices of the Church of Scientology by members of Anonymous, a leaderless Internet-based group that defines itself as ubiquitous. The project was started in response to the Church of Scientology's attempts to remove material from an exclusive promotional interview with Scientologist Tom Cruise from the Internet in January 2008."