On August 14, 2018, Sortir du nucléaire Aude, Nuclear Heritage Network and Réseau “Sortir du nucléaire” put out a press release from the International Anti-Nuclear Summer Camp, which took place in Narbonne in the south of France from August 6 to 12.
The gathering of anti-nuclear activists from 17 countries took place just a few miles away from Malvési, the Orano (formerly Areva) uranium-conversion facility.
As reflected in the press release, participants had some questions for the global nuclear establishment, and fellow citizens:
How can the nuclear industry propagate so much new waste when there is waste that has not been properly cleaned up at uranium mines, nuclear weapons facilities, and nuclear power plants? Why does government allow the nuclear industry to continue, knowing the health and environmental dangers, as well as possible terrorism risks? How do private interests suppress democracy and human rights? What are the solutions to fight against nuclear proliferation? How can we separate nuclear energy into "civilian" and "military uses? To address these shared problems, the International Anti-Nuclear Summer Camp has designed a week's long program filled with workshops, discussions, film screening, debates, activist formations, site visits, music, street actions, and two commemorations for the bombings of Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9).
The press release includes this quote:
Leona Morgan, an indigenous organizer and activist fighting nuclear colonialism in the United States remarks, "It is imperative to work together across cultures, languages, and borders to make a nuclear-free world a reality."
Leona Morgan founded Diné No Nukes, and is a co-founder of Nuclear Issues Study Group in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
See the full press release here, in English; and here, in French.
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