Staff members back UCG student protest

WE the undersigned staff at NUI Galway wish to express our support for the students who have written a public letter in opposition to the recent visit of the US ambassador to the university.

Ambassador Thomas C Foley was invited by the student Law Society. In a previous post, he was sent as a representative of President George W Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney to implement privatisation in Iraq under the Coalition Provisional Authority.

This makes him an accessory to the occupation of Iraq and so he shares the responsibility for the theft of oil and other Iraqi resources for the profit of private companies.