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Count Me Out campaign update

So, census day has passed. The last few weeks have been pretty intense. We’ve been really pleased with the amount of support and interest that people have shown for the campaign. Nothing could be more encouraging. The March 18-19th days … Continue reading

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Why to Refuse the Census

This article originally appeared in the Red Pepper online blog, March 20th. In March this year, as in 2001, Lockheed Martin UK, a subsidiary of the world’s largest arms manufacturer, will be helping to run the census. Their specific role, … Continue reading

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@LockheedMartin now you know we’re here…

We wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported our days of action last week. From a twitter storm, and a flood of emails telling Lockheed Martin the intimate details of our day, to local actions taking … Continue reading

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Views from a “militant pacifist”

Albert Beale will be boycotting the 2011 census because of the nature of the census itself. He argues that whilst it might have once been accurate and socially useful (and fascinating for people tracing their family history), it is now … Continue reading

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Letters of resistance

Dr Geoff Meadan, a former university lecturer and Green Party candidate for Canterbury wrote an article for Scientists for Global Responsibility looking into how secure our census data really will be given that Lockheed Martin have been contracted to help … Continue reading

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19 March: National Day of Action against Lockheed Martin

As ‘census day’ looms closer, many people still don’t know about Lockheed Martin’s involvement in the census. Join in the national day of action on Saturday 19 March and help spread the word about how the government’s paid an arms … Continue reading

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Friday 18 March: “Let ’em have it” day of e-action

So the UK subsidiary of the world’s biggest arms company is helping to run the 2011 census: If they want our information – let ‘em have it! On Friday 18 March, just over a week before ‘census day’, people across … Continue reading

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Scotland’s Census and CACI

Let’s get this blog properly up-and-running with a guest post from our sister campaign from Scotland Against Criminalising Communities and Ethical Census 2011. CACI International is a US-based defence contractor. From August 2003 until the early autumn of 2005 it … Continue reading

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And so it begins…

Watch this space…

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