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4Dec2006
Best of 2006: the ultimate Generation Why review

Giant sharks, naked volunteers and Keira Knightley's Oscar dress - follow the twists and turns of an unforgettable year through the Generation Why blog.

WIN WIN WIN! When you've read the review, enter our competition to win 50 top CDs and music DVDs released in 2006!



We went to the cinema to buy AK-47s

A hamster and a snake lived in peace

You had your say on Generation Why




Generation Why made the newspapers

We got loved up for Valentine's Day

We played spot the ball for Fairtrade Fortnight




Giant sharks circled London

We got naked for fairtrade

We took a blood bath for Control Arms




We went on tour with Irish superstars Bell X1

Amir Khan visited survivors of the South Asia earthquake

Keira Knightley's Oscar dress went up on eBay for Oxfam




We got our campervan fixed

Tony Blair posed in a superhero costume. Or was that superzero?

You (yes, YOU) came top in our poll

The Wrong Guy auctioned his shirt for Oxfam




We reached 1,000,000 faces for Control Arms

We found out about the truth behind the brands at the World Cup




We were all glum about the World Cup

We took our campaigning campervan to Lovebox

Juggy D and Rishi Rich got their fair trade rakhi bands




Everybody got very angry about poverty

We ROCKED Leeds festival

Our VIP ticket winner went bonkers at V Festival




We were all struck by An Inconvenient Truth

We packed our bags and went on tour with Embrace




Scissor Sisters got spooky for Oxjam (and Hallowe'en)

We all celebrated success for the Control Arms campaign

23,542,614 Stood Up Against Poverty




10,000s rallied to Stop Climate Chaos

Oxfam shops went Posh

We felt a Bit Sick about pharmaceutical companies




We did all our Xmas shopping with Oxfam (except perhaps that bottle of whisky for Dad)

Over 70,000 took action against Starbucks

We dialled a new number when we needed a taxi



WIN WIN WIN! Now you've read the review enter our competition to win 50 top CDs and music DVDs released in 2006!

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