IRMINGHAM students reacted quickly to the American bombing of North Vietnam. On Tuesday, February 9th, over 50 students from the University and Fircroft College marched to U.S. Consulate in Birmingham and handed a protest in. The previous day the Fircroit NALSO branch had sent protests to the Prime Minister, UNO, the U.S. Embassy, and other places. The U.S. Consul acted in a typically arrogant manner, saying that she would ‘put the protest on the fire’ and claiming that the protesters were irresponsible young people. Press cover-
age, too, was highly partisan. Supporters of the American action managed to muster six people to parade with pro-U.S. slogans. The Birmingham press gave more space to these people than to the 50 who marched. A liaison committee is going to be formed to co-ordinate the efforts of students at the University, Fircroft NALSO and the CND. Anyone who is interested in this should write to A. Tideswell, NALSO, Fircroft College, Selly Oak, Birmingham. The committee will tackle political problems which require co-ordination and organisation in the Birmingham area.
BIRMINGHAM