Protest 2: "Ban the H-bomb" (1963)

Not Really Current (1963)
Protest #2

"Ban the H-bomb"

CND campaigners marching against nuclear tests

Who: Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND); Canon John Collins & Bertrand Russell

What: 60,000 protestors from all over the world (Pakistan, Sweden, India, Cyprus, Iraq, Malta, South Africa, France, etc.) gathered in crowds numbering to at least 100,000 people to protest against nuclear testing and military dictatoship

When: 1963

Where: (London) Trafalger Square, Aldermaston, Berkshire: third annual Easter march from the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment

Why: To protest against nuclear weapons and military dictatorship 

*** Identities include: Anti-Nuclear Activists, Anti-Nuclear Groups, Hippies

Nationalities (Identity) Include:

- Australian, Austrian, Canadian, French, German, Indian, Irish, Japanese, New Zealanders, North Koreans, Filipino, Polish, Russian, South African, South Korean, Spanish, Swedish, Swiss, Turkish, British, Americans

References

1. BBC News. BBC, 18 Apr. 1960. Web. 09 Feb. 2016.