Welsh Quakers work to end military recruitment in schools

Friends in Wales call for an end to military recruitment in schools

by The Friend Newsdesk 8th June 2012

Quakers in Wales have joined with MPs, peace activists and other faith groups to call for an end to military recruitment in Welsh schools.  The campaign was launched in Cardiff’s Temple of Peace on Friday. The campaigners insist that military visits to schools glorify war and misrepresent the reality of the armed forces. They argue that, in a time of high unemployment, the forces are deliberately targeting schools in poorer areas.