“Wanted: Mass Murders”

British Aerospace held a careers seminar at Manchester University, where they hoped to attract young people to join the company which makes weapons of mass destruction. BAe makes the Hawk fighter jets that were sold to Indonesia and then used for years in repressing the people of East Timor.

Four people heard about the careers seminar the previous day, and decided to let the students know what BAe is responsible for. Two came to the door holding a banner and leaflets, but were refused entry by security guards. Luckily the other two were already inside, so one woman held the door open while another explained their reasons for being there. BAe panicked and shut down the seminar - allowing the four people to discuss BAe’s practices with attendees.

More of the people present were opposed to the seminar than wanted it; the police failed to turn up, obviously having better things to do; also a video projector cable had mysteriously disappeared.

On 2/11/99 British Aerospace tried to hold a milkround graduate recruitment talk at Sheffield University. Some Sheffield EFers thought they fancied a career in murdering people so they went down to apply. 14 protesters managed to get past the security on the doors and made three speeches on the evils of BAe. The BAe speakers meanwhile fled. The protesters stayed there for a bit eating free food and borrowing their freepost envelopes (HEHEHE!) Then some protesters held a die-in. A few minutes later BAe returned to talk to a few remaining wannabe killers. Protesters burst back into the building but could not get through the locked doors to the room they were in. Still, they probably couldn't have heard much over the cries of "Don't worry, they're only kurds" and the banging on the door.