Big, grandiose talk... Google Maps API. Amusing.
Made an account for this purpose, pay it no mind: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=pepperax
Your name is also green, does that invalidate your comments? No.
Since this "Quiet Revolution" (whatever it is) claims to oppose "corporate titans" (their words), and wants to talk about an economy more "in line with (their) values", I found their choice of tools interesting. That's all.
If you want to map your fight of The Man, why not use Mapbox, LeafletJS, etc. Something that doesn't lock you to a basemap provider and then charge for the privilege.