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CADU at the Boston Social Forum

This July I was invited to speak at the International Peace Conference which was organised by the American Friends' Service Committee and our friend Joseph Gerson. At the same event, US groups had organised a workshop on DU and kindly invited me to speak and share in the workshop.

I explained the history of our own organisation and the progress we were making in the UK, not to mention our dismay when we knew that the UK and the US had again dared to use DU in the recent Gulf War. I was also keen to emphasise the international character of the campaign now and the strength of the newly formed ICBUW. It was so useful to be meeting up in the US with our campaigning friends there; after all it is only the US and the UK governments who have used these radiological weapons. It was so cold in Boston that all the meeting rooms were chilly, but I was told even the air conditioning couldn't be adjusted!

This is even more chilling when you consider the advanced technological weapons the US military has under its command...But the workshop got a good audience with some new folks to the campaign. Our thanks to the Military Toxics Project for setting up the meeting.
Rae Street- CADU

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