WIDER READING

The following articles give an overview of some of the ways that arms companies operate in places of education. This is not a comprehensive summary and finding this information out is a central aim of the campaign. To check whether arms companies are operating in your schools, see our FOI guide here.

• Up in Arms: Why Educators Must Resist the Arms Industry in Our Schools and Colleges

• Walkout over weapons: British school students battle Gaza protest curbs | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera 

• Arms companies are making money by taking over UK schools | openDemocracy

• Time for arms companies to be kicked out of the classroom | openDemocracy

• Arms industry spends millions to promote brands in schools | Arms trade | The Guardian

• School Students Walk Out of Shadow Minister’s Assembly Over Labour’s Position on Palestine | Novara Media