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The Attack On Our Democracy

and the slide to authoritarianism

FURTHER ACTION

Information, news and links

 

- ID Cards & the National Identity Register - New Labour's Poll Tax.  Avoid compulsion and re-register for your passport NOW so that your details are not put on the National Identity Register. TAKE ACTION click here - "Foolproof" passports hacked - "Oyster" cards "kindergarten cryptography" exposed - ID cards will use the same technology - see the research on the security flaws, here - The growth of the Database State in which multiple databases could be linked to form the National Identity Register linked to ID cards - The Government even plans to put all our phone calls and emails onto a database - as outlined in the Communications Data Bill - A leaked government document (annotated by NO2ID) describing how the British government intends "coercing" us onto a National Identity Register.

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• Schools have started fingerprinting children without parental consent.  See the LeaveThemKidsAlone campaign.
• The government want to put your personal medical records on an insecure centralised database - see TheBigOptOut campaign
• The Freedom of Information Act - The Government is proposing to seriously restrict our ability to make requests for the information that concern our lives.  Demand to maintain the right to be able to see the information that official bodies make decisions on.
• The Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act grants powers to any minister (and others) the ability to amend, replace, or repeal existing legislation. They will now be able to make important changes to the law without proper Parliamentary scrutiny. 

Watch Henry Porter's documentary "Suspect Nation" originally broadcast on More4.

 

FIVE years of war in Iraq

a bloody anniversary

TAKE ACTION

• Send the 10 Key Questions on the Iraq war to the government - as submitted by OWOS supporters
• Ask the government the questions that you want answered
• Submit an answer or comment to the 10 key questions asked by OWOS supporters
• Study the evidence from previous official inquiries and other studies - as well as newly submitted questions

For further information on Iraq - click here

 

The "War On Terror"

and the growth of global conflict

Information, news and links to

Further Action

• The USA have plans for an attack on Iran.  Whilst the irresponsible actions of Iran, USA and UK further destabilise the situation.

• Invasion and military occupation of Afghanistan

• Five years of war in Iraq

• detention in Guantanamo - see the first video from inside Guantanamo here

• The conflict in the Lebanon.

Is the principle aim of the so-called war on terror really to eliminate global terror?

 

Trident Replacement

- at what cost?

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- The Government is committed to ordering a new generation of nuclear weapons without any consultation

- The cost has been estimated at between £25 and £76 billion

- MPs have voted for the "design and concept" stage of replacing Trident and the Vanguard submarines

UPDATE

Judicial Review of Trident -  10.00am Tuesday 10/05/08 - High Court, The Strand, London

- The Nuclear Information Service case against the government's decision to replace Trident and its failure to carry out a promised consultation comes before the High Court on 10th June. This is a 'permission' hearing when the court will decide whether or not to grant leave for a Judicial Review.

The NIS is asking people to come and support the case, either outside the court with banners or in court to hear the case, or even both.