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WITH THE AIM of connecting the domestic anti-war movement with soldier resistance organizations, Rutgers Against the War sponsored an ambitious weekend conference, "Marching Home: the Iraq war and its consequences for veterans," on the Rutgers campus in New Brunswick, NJ, Oct. 5 to 7. More than a dozen workshops addressed various aspects of military recruitment, the effects of depleted uranium exposure, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), dealing with the Veterans Administration, and the economic impact and humanitarian costs of the war. Massey cited six demands of Iraq Veterans Against the War: 1 withdraw all U.S. troops and contractor support groups from Iraq and Afghanistan; 2 give all responsibility for redevelopment to the international community; 3 pay compensation and reparations to Iraqis; 4 recognize the World Court; 5 corporations that have grown wealthy from the war should sacrifice their profits; and 6 ("with apologies to Hillary Clinton") vote out of office any congressman or senator who supported this war.
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Iraq Veterans Against the War 'March Home' to Rutgers
WITH THE AIM of connecting the domestic anti-war movement with soldier resistance organizations, Rutgers Against the War sponsored an ambitious weekend conference, "Marching Home: the Iraq war and its consequences for veterans," on the Rutgers campus in New Brunswick, NJ, Oct. 5 to 7. More than a dozen workshops addressed various aspects of military recruitment, the effects of depleted uranium exposure, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), dealing with the Veterans Administration, and the economic impact and humanitarian costs of the war.
Jimmy Massey opened his keynote speech with, "Stop the...See the full content of this document
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