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Count Me Out
We are a network who oppose the arms company Lockheed Martin’s involvement in the 2011 census.
We are bringing together groups and individual people from across the UK that oppose the census for a variety of reasons, to come together and share information and support.
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Category Archives: General
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
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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Tagged 2011 census, arms trade, Count Me Out, Legitimacy, Lockheed Martin, Red Pepper, twitter, UK census
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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
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
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
@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 →