Lockheed Martin revealed as UK Census Sponsors: Protests Planned
Alexander | 19.03.2011 11:58 | Analysis | Anti-militarism
The world's second largest defence company are helping to run this year's census: will you participate?
Lockheed Martin, the world's second largest defence company, have been awarded a "£150m contract to help run the census".
As the census is nominally compulsory many feel that the arms giant's involvement with the running of the census is tantamount to the government coercing UK residents into supporting the company and the controversial billion-dollar industry which they represent.
"Count Me Out" s a group which has been set up to facilitate non-involvement or protest against the census for those who do not wish to be a part of the government's support for Lockheed Martin.
For more information, and to decide what you are going to do when 27th March, census collection day, comes around, visit
http://www.countmeout.me.uk/
Reference: Guardian, "Lockheed Martin Targeted by Census Protesters", 18/3/11
As the census is nominally compulsory many feel that the arms giant's involvement with the running of the census is tantamount to the government coercing UK residents into supporting the company and the controversial billion-dollar industry which they represent.
"Count Me Out" s a group which has been set up to facilitate non-involvement or protest against the census for those who do not wish to be a part of the government's support for Lockheed Martin.
For more information, and to decide what you are going to do when 27th March, census collection day, comes around, visit
http://www.countmeout.me.uk/ Reference: Guardian, "Lockheed Martin Targeted by Census Protesters", 18/3/11
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Scottish census
20.03.2011 21:38
In Scotland we are lucky enough not to have arms dealers running it. Instead we have the Abu Ghraib torurers CACI.
Same applies Patriot Act etc
If you send it back remember DONT write your info upside down, fill in the barcodes with extra black lines or obscure all the indenfifying numbers on your form or yo may confuse the compter. none of these are illegal.
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