Tuesday, 12 June 2007

Students go to war against uni's arms company funding


Anyone seen the article in the Camden New Journal from last Thursday (7 June). ?


In case you've missed it here's how it starts:


"Furious students have criticised their university for using their fees to "fund murder" and line the pockets of wealthy arms companies.


Camouflaged campaigners wearing mortarboards and wielding toy guns stormed the main quad of University College London last week to protest against university bosses' ongoing decision to fund Cobham Plc, an arms company that supplies weapons parts to conflicts in the Middle East. (...)"


pretty cool, eh ?