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In British politics, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has been at the forefront of the peace movement in the United Kingdom and claims to be Europe's largest single-issue peace campaign. The organization is led by an elected "chair", currently Kate Hudson. CND may refer too: Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, an organization campaigning for unilateral nuclear disarmament Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the United Nations drug policy-making body College of Notre Dame of Maryland, a Roman Catholic college in Baltimore The IATA code for Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport The ICAO code... Image File history File links Peace_symbol. ... Image File history File links Peace_symbol. ... The United Kingdom is a unitary state and a democratic constitutional monarchy. ... A peace movement is a social movement that seeks to achieve ideals such as the ending of a particular war (or all wars), minimize inter-human violence in a particular place or type of situation, often linked to the goal of achieving world peace. ... A single-issue party is a political party that only campaigns on one issue. ... A chair or seat is also a seat of office, authority, or dignity, such as the chairperson of a committee, or a professorship at a college or university, or the individual that presides over business proceedings. ... Kathryn Kate Jane Hudson is a UK political activist and campaigner. ...

As well as campaigning against military actions that may result in the use of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, they are also in favour of nuclear disarmament by all countries and tighter international regulation through treaties such as the NPT. They are also opposed to any new nuclear power stations being built in the United Kingdom. One of the activities most strongly associated with CND is the Aldermaston March held over the Easter weekend from Trafalgar Square, London to the Atomic Weapons Establishment near Aldermaston, taking the whole four days to complete. The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 kilometers (11 mi) above the hypocenter A nuclear weapon derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions of fusion or fission. ... Dressing the wounded during a gas attack by Austin O. Spare, 1918. ... Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is the use of any organism (bacteria, virus or other disease_causing organism) or toxin found in nature, as a weapon of war. ... Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Opened for signature July 1, 1968 in New York Entered into force March 5, 1970 Conditions for entry into force Ratification by the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the United States, and 40 other signatory states. ... This article is about applications of nuclear fission reactors as power sources. ... The first Aldermaston March took place at Easter in 1958, shortly after the launch of CND, when people marched for four days from London to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment close to [Aldermaston]] in Berkshire, England to demonstrate their opposition to nuclear weapons. ... Trafalgar Square viewed from the northeast corner. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... AWE plc logo The Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston (formerly the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston) is situated in the UK, just 7 miles north of Basingstoke and approximately 14 miles south-west of Reading, Berkshire, near a village called Aldermaston, bordering with Tadley. ... View of Aldermaston village circa 1959 Aldermaston is a village in the English county of Berkshire, two miles north of Tadley. ...

Although many of its members, including religious groups that make up a significant minority of the active membership, are strict pacifists, the organisation itself is not. Pacifism is the opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes or gaining advantage. ...

The First Wave 1958-1963

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Public opposition to nuclear weapons emerged in Britain in the mid-fifties when the government announced its decision to manufacture a hydrogen bomb. Between 1955 and 1962 a significant minority (varying from 19% to 33%) expressed disapproval of its manufacture.^[1] The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945 lifted nuclear fallout some 18 km (60,000 feet) above the epicenter. ...

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament was founded in 1958. J. B. Priestley had written an article for the New Statesman, published on 2 November 1957, entitled Russia, the Atom and the West. Priestley's article was heavily critical of Aneurin Bevan for abandoning his policy of unilateral nuclear disarmament. The journal received numerous letters of support for Priestley's article. John Boynton Priestley, OM (born 13 September 1894, Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, died 14 August 1984, Warwickshire) was an English writer and broadcaster . ... The New Statesman is a left-of-centre political weekly published in London. ... is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... A statue of Bevan in Cardiff. ... Unilateral nuclear disarmament, the policy of independently revoking nuclear arms, has been advocated in Britain by the Labour Party left and by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament since Britain became a nuclear power in the 1950s. ...

At the end of November, Kingsley Martin, editor of the New Statesman, chaired a meeting of fifty people in Canon John Collins's rooms to launch the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Canon Collins was chosen as its Chairman and Bertrand Russell as its President. Its Executive Committee consisted of Richie Calder, James Cameron, Howard Davies, Michael Foot, Arthur Goss, Kingsley Martin, J. B. Priestley, Professor Joseph Rotblat, Sheila Jones and Peggy Duff (Organising Secretary). Kingsley Martin (1897–1969) was a British journalist who edited the left-leaning political magazine the New Statesman for thirty years, from 1930 to 1960. ... John Collins (1905-1982) was an Anglican clergyman who was active in several radical political movements in the United Kingdom. ... Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS, (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, advocate for social reform, and pacifist. ... James Cameron (1911-1985) was a prominent British journalist, in whose memory the annual James Cameron Memorial Lecture is given. ... Michael Mackintosh Foot (born 23 July 1913) is an English politician and writer. ... Kingsley Martin (1897–1969) was a British journalist who edited the left-leaning political magazine the New Statesman for thirty years, from 1930 to 1960. ... John Boynton Priestley, OM (born 13 September 1894, Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, died 14 August 1984, Warwickshire) was an English writer and broadcaster . ... Sir Joseph Rotblat, KCMG, CBE, FRS, (4 November 1908 – 31 August 2005) was a Polish-born British-naturalised physicist. ... Margaret Doreen Duff, usually known as Peggy Duff (February 8, 1910 – April 16, 1981) was a British political activist who was principally known for her contribution to the Peace movement as the organiser of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. ...

CND also had a number of sponsors: John Arlott, Peggy Ashcroft, the Bishop of Birmingham Dr J. L. Wilson, Benjamin Britten, Viscount Chaplin, Michael de la Bédoyère, Bob Edwards, MP, Dame Edith Evans, E.S.Frere, Gerald Gardiner, QC, Victor Gollancz, Dr I.Grunfeld, E.M.Forster, Barbara Hepworth, Patrick Heron, Rev. Trevor Huddleston, Sir Julian Huxley, Edward Hyams, the Bishop of Llandaff Dr Glyn Simon, Doris Lessing, Sir Compton Mackenzie, the Very Rev George McLeod, Miles Malleson, Denis Matthews, Sir Francis Meynell, Henry Moore, John Napper, Ben Nicholson, Sir Herbert Read, Flora Robson, Michael Tippett, Vicky, Professor C. H. Waddington and Barbara Wootton.^[2] Leslie Thomas John Arlott (February 25, 1914 - December 14, 1991) (known as John Arlott) was an English sports commentator for Test Match Special. ... Dame Peggy Ashcroft DBE (22 December 1907 – 14 June 1991) was an acclaimed Academy Award-winning English actress. ... Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH (November 22, 1913 Lowestoft, Suffolk - December 4, 1976 Aldeburgh, Suffolk) was a British composer, conductor, and pianist. ... Count Michael Anthony Maurice de la Bédoyère, editor, author and journalist, was born in 1900. ... Blue plaque at 109 Ebury Street, London Dame Edith Mary Evans DBE (8 February 1888–14 October 1976) was an Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe award winning actress. ... Gerald Austin Gardiner, Baron Gardiner of Kittisford in the County of Somerset, PC KC (30 May 1900-7 January 1990) was Lord Chancellor from 1964 to 1970 and during that time he introduced into British law as many reforms as any Lord Chancellor had done before or since. ... Victor Gollancz (April 9, 1893–February 8, 1967) was a British publisher, socialist, and humanitarian. ... Edward Morgan Forster (January 1, 1879 - June 7, 1970) was an English novelist. ... Hepworths Family of Man in bronze, 1970, at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. ... Patrick Heron (January 30, 1920 – March 20, 1999),[1] was an English painter, writer and designer, based in St. ... Bronze bust in Bedford. ... Sir Julian Sorell Huxley, FRS (June 22, 1887 – February 14, 1975) was a English biologist, author, Humanist and internationalist, known for his popularisations of science in books and lectures. ... William Glyn Hughes Simon, DD (1903-1972) was Archbishop of Wales from 1968 to 1971. ... Doris Lessing, CH, OBE (born October 22, 1919), is a British writer, born Doris May Taylor in Kermanshah, Persia (Iran). ... Sir (Edward Montague) Compton Mackenzie, (1883–1972), was an Scottish novelist. ... William Miles Malleson (May 25, 1888 – March 15, 1969) was a British actor and dramatist, particularly known for his appearances in British comedy films of the 1930s to 1950s. ... Reclining Figure (1951) outside the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, is characteristic of Moores sculptures, with an abstract female figure intercut with voids. ... Benjamin Lauder Nicholson OM, (10 April 1894 – 6 February 1982), known as Ben Nicholson, was an English abstract painter Born at Denham, Buckinghamshire, Nicholson was the son of the painter Sir William Nicholson and the brother of Nancy Nicholson. ... Read in 1958. ... Flora Robson (March 28, 1902 - July 7, 1984) was a British actress renowned as one of the great character players and one of Britains theatrical grandes dames. ... Sir Michael Kemp Tippett, O.M. (2 January 1905 – 8 January 1998) was one of the foremost English composers of the 20th century. ... Victor Weisz (25 April 1913–22 February 1966) was a German political cartoonist, drawing under the name of Vicky. ... Conrad Hal Waddington (1905 — 1975), known to his friends as Wad, was a developmental biologist, paleontologist, geneticist, embryologist and philosopher. ... Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger (1897 – July 11, 1988) was a British sociologist and criminologist. ...

Other prominent founding members of CND were Fenner Brockway, E. P. Thompson, A. J. P. Taylor, Anthony Greenwood, Lord Simon, Eric Baker, and Dora Russell. Archibald Fenner Brockway, Baron Brockway (November 1, 1888 - 1988) was a British anti-war activist and politician. ... Edward Palmer Thompson (February 3, 1924 - August 28, 1993), was an English historian, socialist and peace campaigner. ... Alan John Percivale Taylor (March 25, 1906 – September 7, 1990) was a renowned English historian of the 20th century. ... Arthur William James Anthony Greenwood, 1st Baron Greenwood , known as Anthony Greenwood, (14 September 1911 – 12 April 1982) was a prominent British Labour Party politician in the 1950s and 1960s. ... Roger Simon, 2nd Baron Simon of Wythenshawe (16 October 1913 – 14 October 2002) was a British solicitor and left wing journalist and political activist. ... Eric Baker was one of the founders and early secretaries general of the human rights group Amnesty International. ... Dora Black (3 April 1894 - 31 May 1986), the second wife of the legendary philosopher Bertrand Russell, led a life worthy of note. ...

CND held its inaugural public meeting at Central Hall, Westminster, on 17 February 1958. Five thousand people attended and afterwards a few hundred marched to Downing Street.^[3][4]

From the outset people from all sections of society got involved. There were scientists, more aware than anyone else of the full extent of the dangers which nuclear weapons represented, along with religious leaders such as Canon John Collins of St Paul's Cathedral, concerned to resist the moral evil which nuclear weapons represented. The Society of Friends (Quakers) was very supportive, as well as a wide range of academics, journalists, writers, actors and musicians. Labour Party members and trade unionists were overwhelmingly sympathetic as were people who had been involved in earlier anti-bomb campaigns organised by the British Peace Committee, the Direct Action Committee^[5] and the National Committee for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons Tests.^[6] The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, or Friends, is a religious community founded in England in the 17th century. ...

CND organised many demonstrations and the Aldermaston march attracted tens of thousands of people. It had a national network of branches, and specialist groups, such as Christian CND (founded in 1960), were formed by supporters with common interests. It did not have formal membership at this time, so the strength of CND support can only be estimated from the numbers attending demonstrations and expressing approval in opinion polls. The Aldermaston march, CND's logo and its slogan "Ban the Bomb" became icons and part of the youth culture of the sixties. Christian CND (CCND) is a Specialist Section of CND, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and has existed since 1960. ... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ...

About three-quarters of CND supporters were Labour voters^[7] and many of the early Executive Committee were Labour Party members, hoping to persuade Labour to adopt a unilateralist policy.^[8] The Labour Party voted at its 1960 Conference for unilateral nuclear disarmament and this is regarded as CND's high-point in this period. Hugh Gaitskell, the Party leader, received the vote with a promise to "fight, fight, and fight again" against the decision and it was overturned at the 1961 Conference. CND's popular support began to decline from this point. Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell (April 9, 1906 – January 18, 1963) was a British politician, leader of the Labour Party from 1955 until his death in 1963. ...

Its logo, designed in 1958 by Gerald Holtom^[9] became widespread outside of Britain during the 1960s as the "peace symbol". The peace symbol is based on the international semaphore symbols for "N" and "D" (for Nuclear Disarmament) enclosed within a circle. It may also be seen as a cross with lowered arms. There is a common misconception that Bertrand Russell designed the logo, stemming from his being president of the organisation at the time. Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gerald Holtom was a professional designer and artist who graduated at the Royal College of Art. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... Peace sign ------redirects here. ... A Chappe semaphore tower near Saverne, France // The semaphore or optical telegraph is an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, with towers with pivoting blades or paddles, shutters, in a matrix, or hand-held flags etc. ... Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS, (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, advocate for social reform, and pacifist. ...

In 1960 Bertrand Russell resigned from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, in order to form the Committee of 100. The Committee of 100, founded in reaction to what it regarded as the tameness of CND, became, in effect, its direct-action wing. Its members (who included several of the original founders of CND and covered a vast range of political opinion) became involved in numerous other political campaigns, ranging from Biafra to Vietnam to housing and homelessness in the UK. Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Chinese-American organisation, see Committee of 100 (United States). ...

Many people who disapproved of the H-Bomb also disapproved of CND and public support for unilateralism tended to decline as CND increased in prominence, particularly during the peak of the Committee of 100's civil disobedience campaign of the early sixties.^[10]

The Cuban Missile Crisis in the Autumn of 1962, in which the USA blockaded a Soviet attempt to put nuclear missiles on Cuba, created some anxiety about the possibility of imminent nuclear war and CND organised demonstrations on the issue. But six months after the crisis, a Gallup Poll found that public worry about nuclear weapons had fallen back to its lowest point since 1957,^[11] and there was a view, disputed by CND supporters,^[12] that Kennedy's success in facing down Khrushchev turned the British public away from CND. President Kennedy in a crowded Cabinet Room during the Cuban Missile Crisis. ... John Kennedy and JFK redirect here. ... Nikita Khrushchev in 1962 Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (Russian: Ники́та Серге́евич Хрущёв) (nih-KEE-tah khroo-SHCHYOFF) (April 17, 1894 – September 11, 1971) was the leader of the Soviet Union...

Support for CND dwindled rapidly after the 1963 Test Ban Treaty. From the mid-sixties, the anti-war movement's preoccupation with the Vietnam War tended to eclipse concern about nuclear weapons but CND continued to campaign against them. The Treaty Banning poop, in Outer Space, and Under Water, often abbreviated as the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT), Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT), or Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (NTBT), although the former also refers to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), is a treaty intended to obtain an agreement... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000...

The Second Wave (1980-89)

In the early 1980s the organisation underwent a major revival, as tensions between the superpowers rose with the deployment of American Pershing II cruise missiles in Western Europe and SS20s in the Soviet Bloc countries and the Thatcher government replacing the Polaris armed submarine fleet with Trident. The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... The Pershing II Missile during a test flight The MGM-31 Pershing was a solid-fueled two-stage inertially guided medium range ballistic missile used by the U.S. Armys Missile Command. ... A Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missile of the Luftwaffe A cruise missile is a guided missile which uses a lifting wing and most often a jet propulsion system to allow sustained flight. ... The RT-21M Pioneer was a medium-range ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead deployed by the Soviet Union from 1976 to 1988. ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (née Roberts; born 13 October 1925) served as British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 until 1990, being the first and to date only woman to hold either post. ... Polaris A-3 on launch pad in Cape Canaveral The Polaris missile was a submarine-launched, two-stage solid-fuel nuclear-armed ballistic missile (SLBM) built during the Cold War by Lockheed for the United States Navy. ... For other uses, see Submarine (disambiguation). ... This article contains technical information about the Trident ballistic missile. ...

During this period CND established a number of "Specialist Sections" to add to Christian CND and Labour CND (est. 1979), including: Ex-services CND, Green CND, Liberal CND, Student CND, Trade Union CND, and Youth CND. Christian CND (CCND) is a Specialist Section of CND, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and has existed since 1960. ... Labour CND (Lab CND) is a Specialist Section of CND, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, specifically relating to CND-supporting members the Labour Party. ...

Much of National CND's historical archive is at the Modern Records Centre University of Warwick and the London School of Economics, although records of local and regional groups are spread throughout the country in public and private collections. The University of Warwick is a British campus university located on the outskirts of Coventry, West Midlands, England. ... Mascot Beaver Affiliations University of London Russell Group EUA ACU CEMS APSIA Golden Triangle G5 Group Website http://www. ...

Current CND

Today, CND has several priority campaigns, with recent campaigning opposing the replacement of the Trident nuclear weapons system, and falls within their first priority campaign: Scrap Trident.

• "Scrap Trident": Against the UK's nuclear deterrent
• "Missile Defence: The New Threat": Against the US Strategic Defense Initiative
• "No to NATO"
• "Stop the Plutonium Trade"

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The vote which took place on 14 March 2007, saw 95 Labour MPs support an amendment to delay the decision and 89 Labour MPs vote against the government motion - the largest Labour rebellion since their election in 1997, other than on the decision to invade Iraq. The decision to replace Trident was passed by the Labour and Conservative leaderships voting together. is the 73rd day of the year (74th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

CND organised a rally on Parliament Square attended by over 1000 people, which was addressed by Labour MPs Jon Trickett, Emily Thornberry, John McDonnell, Michael Meacher, Diane Abbott and Jeremy Corbyn, as well as Elfyn Llwyd of Plaid Cymru and Angus MacNeil of the SNP.

In an end to its single-issue focus on the nuclear issue, since 2001 it has become a focus for organising resistance campaigns to U.S. and British policies on the Middle East. Along with the Stop the War Coalition and the Muslim Association of Britain, it organised several anti-war marches under the main slogan "Don't Attack Iraq," including those on September 28, 2002 and February 15, 2003 in London, and also a Vigil for the Victims of the London bombings[1] on July 9, 2005 in London. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... The Stop the War Coalition (StWC) (informally just Stop the War) is a UK anti-war group set up on 21 September 2001. ... MAB logo The Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) is an Islamist group in the United Kingdom established in 1997. ... This article is about protests concerning the 2003 invasion of Iraq. ... The Stop the War Coalition (or StWC; informally just Stop the War) is a UK anti-war group, set up following the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks in the USA, on 21 September 2001 at a public meeting of over 2,000 people in London. ... is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Structures

There exist several branches of CND to cover the British Isles, namely CND Cymru, Irish CND and Scottish CND, in addition to " 'National' CND". For England there are Regional Groups covering Cambridgeshire, Cumbria, East Midlands, Kent, London, Manchester, Merseyside, Mid Somerset, Norwich, South Cheshire and North Staffordshire, Southern, South West, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Tyne and Wear, West Midlands and Yorkshire. Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament logo The Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (Scottish CND) is part of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament representing Scotland. ...

This is in addition to the several "Specialist Sections" listed above which have continued in some form and been joined by Parliamentary CND. Note also that Youth and Student CND became effectively a single conjoined group.

The CND Council is made up of the Chair, Treasurer, 3 Vice-Chairs, 15 Directly Elected Members, 1 representative of Christian CND, 1 of Labour CND, 1 of Student CND, 3 of Youth and Student CND and 27 Members Representing 11 Regional Groups [2].

Chairs of CND since 1958

• Canon John Collins 1958–1964
• Olive Gibbs 1964–1967
• Sheila Oakes 1967–1968
• Malcolm Caldwell 1968–1970
• April Carter 1970–1971
• John Cox 1971–1977
• Bruce Kent 1977–1979
• Hugh Jenkins 1979–1981
• Joan Ruddock 1981–1985
• Paul Johns 1985 – 1987
• Bruce Kent 1987 –1990
• Marjorie Thompson 1990–1993
• Janet Bloomfield 1993–1996
• David Knight 1996–2001
• Carol Naughton 2001–2003
• Kate Hudson 2003–

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General Secretaries of CND since 1958

• Peggy Duff 1958–1967
• Dick Nettleton 1967–1973
• Dan Smith 1974–1975
• Duncan Rees 1976–1979
• Bruce Kent 1979–1985
• Meg Beresford 1985–1990
• Gary Lefley, 1990–1994

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References

1. ^ W.P.Snyder, The Politics of British Defense Policy, 1945-1962, Ohio University Press, 1964, p.59
2. ^ Christopher Driver, The Disarmers: A Study in Protest, Hodder and Stoughton, 1964, pp.42-46
3. ^ John Minnion and Philip Bolsover (eds.) The CND Story, Alison and Busby, 1983, p10. ISBN 0 85031 487 9
4. ^ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PREcnd.htm
5. ^ http://www.cnduk.org/pages/binfo/hist.html
6. ^ Driver, p.44
7. ^ Frank Parkin, Middle Class Radicalism: The Social Bases of the Campaign for Nucealr Disarmament, Manchester University Press, 1968, p.39
8. ^ Driver, p.66
9. ^ Driver, p.58
10. ^ Snyder, p.61
11. ^ Driver, p.141
12. ^ Nigel Young, "Cuba '62", in Minnion and Bolsover, p61

See also

• Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (NZ)
• Anti-war
• Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp
• Peace movement
• Nuclear disarmament
• Nuclear proliferation
• Nuclear-Free Future Award
• Independent Nuclear Disarmament Election Committee
• Koeberg Alert
• Nuclear-free zone

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Further reading

• CND - Now More Than Ever: The Story of a Peace Movement, Kate Hudson, Vision Paperbacks, ISBN 1-904132-69-3 (2005)
• Holger Nehring (2001), 'From Gentleman's Club to Folk Festival: The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in Manchester, 1958-63', North West Labour History Journal, Number 26. pp. 18-28
• The Disarmers: A Study in Protest, Christopher Driver, Hodder and Stoughton (1964)
• Social Movements in Britain, Paul Byrne, Routledge, ISBN 0-415-07123-2 (1997)
• A commitment to Campaign: A Sociological Study of CND, John Mattausch, Manchester University Press, ISBN 0-7190-2908-2 (1989)
• The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Paul Byrne, Routledge, ISBN 0-7099-3260-X (1988)
• The CND Story: The first 25 years of CND in the words of the people involved, John Minnion and Philip Bolsover Ed., Allison & Busby, ISBN 0-85031-487-9 (1983)
• The Protest Makers: The British Nuclear Disarmament of 1958-1965, Twenty Years On, Richard Taylor and Colin Pritchard, Pergamon Press, ISBN 0-08-025211-7 (1980)
• Left, Left, Left: A personal account of six protest campaigns 1945-65, Peggy Duff, Allison and Busby, ISBN 0-85031-056-3 (1971)
• Middle class radicalism: The Social Bases of the British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Frank Parkin, Manchester University Press (1968)
• From Protest to Resistance, A Peace News pamphlet, Mushroom Books (1981) ISBN 0-90712-302-3

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External links

• Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament home page
• History of CND on CND website
• BBC Report of the 1960 Aldermaston March
• BBC Report of CND Protest in London 22nd October 1983
• Catalogue of the CND papers at the Archives Division of the London School of Economics.