EcoGEOS > Can I interest you in any missile components today?

CAAT bloghttp://caatblog.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/can-i-interest-you-in-any-missile-components-today/ [CAAT blog] Student campaigners at UCL wearing black suits and sun glasses approached fellow students with the opening line ““Excuse me, can I interest you in any missile components today ?” Many students, staff and prospective students, who had a look around UCL that day, stopped to sign a petition and to talk to campaigners about the continued arms investments.

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The Inquirer[The Inquirer] City takes £500000 from arms trade: Tim Street, coordinator of the universities network at Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), argued that students, especially in engineering departments, often feel under pressure to abandon ethical considerations. With the British government heavily subsidising arms companies there is often little choice but to “collaborate” with the military industry if you want a highly-paid engineering job.

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