"Committee of 100 leaflet" [NMLH.1992.344.14]

Catalogue Number
NMLH.1992.344.14

Object Name
Leaflet

Title
Committee of 100

People
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND); Committee of 100; Russell, Bertrand

Date
1961

Description
Printed flyer to raise support for the CND Committee of 100, a group of non-violent protesters organised in 1960 by the then 89-year-old philosopher Bertrand Russell. They organised mass civil disobedience leading to 4000 protesters sitting outside the Ministry of Defence and at other protests in 1961, many of whom were arrested, including Russell.


Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is an organisation that campaigns for peace and for governments around the world to demilitarise and discard existing and new nuclear weapons programmes.

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