with the issue. movement.
At its height, the Campaign for Nuclear TANTRUELI claimed that 100,000 rallied at the enu of Aldermarston march. ESTSMALEEE CHRI the campaien, led by Bertrand Russel - pledpod arseit to civil disobedience bomb. it railiet 15,000 in Trafalgar Square. and 1,300 of us were arrested Although CND persistentis refused to clarily the political meaning of its demand for the unilateral renunciation nuclear weapons, this demand retained its threat for both the politicians of the right, and for Labour's richt wing. As they never failed to point out, the fight for this demand challeng ed Britain's role in the NATO alliance.
The campaign also problems for the Communist develop a movement against civilian nuclear energy it was not because people here have been unconcerned Twenty years ago we saw the first real post-war mass movement, and it was around the issue of nuclear weapons. RICHARD KIRKWOOD, a member of the Workers League and an observer on the Socialist Challenge editorial board from the International Socialist Alliance, recalls some experiences of the I of the demand might, it feared. detract from the CP strategy of lad a broad peace alliance linked to the Russian policy of peaceful The co-cxistence.
Thus in 1958 and 1959 tbe CP actually opposed CND. It only TOOk the campaign in May 1960 after the success of Aider TABILIES Tartin maEster 1960 Tollowing march which pulled many of Rs sympathisers into the novement. of The other reticence was that unilateralism implicitly explicitly Russia's nuclear weapons. The more radical supporters of the campaign apposod POULIS as such, many leading members of CND TSISLE gusted the Party: The radical implications 1 intervention in Hungary.
youth. Schoolchildren all over the country were wearing CND badges in 1961-2. beneficiary of radicalisation was the Young Socialists, Labour's relaunch of much-purged youth movement CoDe need for wider CND. The need poliss into the VS. Here thes politics came radicalised young workers, and with the tiny revolutionary by the revolution.
revolutionary organisations for the REAL SUPPORT especially But epite adding despite Teacers and achieved real support in labour movement. reason for CP marston marebes were enliven Led by colourful trade union banners in fairly significam nwbbers.
When a German peace march was banned, we were joined by Great an impressive contingent of 500 and German Islington CND dis Committee, Russian by member Review (later the Internationn Socialists, Workers The main Trades Council this ICECILE wider CND leaders contact mandated.
socialists revila This combination for today's At the the middie-ciass activists the STELES Alderorganise moral exhortation.
The BERE lasting Trade Union Socialist 00 10 now the Socialisi Party) had more affliated unions chan the local The height of CND siccess in the official labour movemen: was its victoric at the 1960 TUC and Labour Party conThe TUC decisions were confused. The right wing of the Engineering Union decided to vote for both unilateralist as and for official Labour policy which contradicted it. The TUC was thus left supporting both at once!
Labour Party conference it was the trade union block vote which swung conference against tbe Jeadership, despite a vigorous effort by party leader Gaitskell But in the end, CND failed to Tie atta tele bire Not the hreci strikes against the bombs were a failure. This was bocause they came from outside of the labour movement, as monument of CND Is those small groups of working class youth who went form the hasis for revolutionary polities today. CND Rally, Trafalgar Square, 1959 NO H-BOMBS. -NOT EVEN NYES:
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Scamen, and so or - but did | Parliament, With this sort of 9 May stoppage is built