Sussex Uni students vote to oust military from students union

Yesterday, students at the students union agm voted to support a motion to withdraw support for all military funded bodies.

During the debate two students opposing the motion stated that "the whole room are hippies" and that racism, sexism and homophobia were endemic in "the uneducated" element of the population that the armed forces recruit from. The students were angrily shouted down by the meeting.

The vote means that the student population has banned the miltary from any student union events including recruiting at freshers fair.

The students from sussex express their solidarity to all the groups campaigning against the military on campuses.

Captain Pugwash

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the vote was inquorate

14.11.2008 21:35

by this point in the agm, there were less than 405 students in the room meaning the meeting was inquorate and any votes were indicative only. therefore the decision made at agm is not binding. the motion will go before union council for ratification, who will likely put it to a referendum given that the vote was fairly close and there were only c. 200 students in the room.

student

Better to call a ban on military whilst they support corporate oil wars&

15.11.2008 03:53

its good that antiwar students defended the idiots calling them hippies & implying all soldiers are racist,homophobic & uneducated.

James

not exactly, student

15.11.2008 13:56

"who will likely put it to a referendum given that the vote was fairly close and there were only c. 200 students in the room."

the vote wasn't at all close, and the meeting was only inquorate by about 10 people at the time

student2

solidarity from London

18.11.2008 08:38

Students at Sussex,

Solidarity from students fighting military recruitment at University College London.

Troops out of Iraq!
Troops out of Afghanistan!
Troops out of our universities!

UCL Stop The War

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