CADU - DU Activists Mobilise For Third International Day Of Action

DU Activists Mobilise For Third International Day Of Action

On the 6th November, anti-DU activists across the UK, and the world, took to the streets for the 3rd International Day of Action against DU.

In the UK CADU members braved the miserable weather to leaflet Manchester city centre, whilst Birmingham saw more of the same. North of the border, activists in Glasgow and Falkirk also took to the streets. CADU had a mixed response at our spot on Market Street with most shoppers intent on making an early start to their Christmas shopping. The most positive responses invariably came from teenagers, many of whom stopped for a chat and seemed genuinely interested in the DU issue.

Elsewhere, actions were held across Europe, the US and Japan. In Japan the NO DU Hiroshima Project organised a series of talks with Gerard Matthews the ex-US National Guardsman who was exposed to DU through his role of collecting battle debris in Iraq. In Belgium, activists organised a magical mystery tour that just happened to end up at the Belgian MoD, where activists reminded them of their concerns. And over in the US, our old friends at Nukewatch failed to curb their enthusiasm by starting a week early with another successful action at ATK’s DU weapons plant in Minnesota. This time 41 of them managed to get arrested for trespass, a ‘crime’ that carries a $200 fine.

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