Digital Learning Commons: Anti-War Movements: Nuclear Disarmament

Peace Symbol

The Peace Symbol was originally designed in 1958 for the British nuclear disarmament movement by Gerald Holtom and is based on the semaphore signals for "N" and "D."

WNYC Covers the Great Anti-Nuclear March and Rally at Central Park, June 12, 1982

Resources

United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
The United Nations has sought to eliminate such weapons ever since its establishment.
I Wish I Didn't Know That
Real-life tales of close calls, screw ups, and nuclear near misses from the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Nuclear weapons timeline
Timeline from International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).
Nuclear weapons: a history
Key points in the history of nuclear weapons, from the Manhattan Project to the end of the Cold War and the 21st Century.
Throngs Fill Manhattan to Protest Nuclear Weapons
Hundreds of thousands of peaceful demonstrators opposed to nuclear arms overwhelmed Central Park and midtown Manhattan on June 22, 1982, filling the streets and groves with echoing songs and hopeful slogans.
Peace Information Center
Collection from the Digital Commonwealth: Massachusetts Collections Online.
Doomsday Clock: Timeline
The "Doomsday Clock" was created in 1947 by the Union of Concerned Scientists in response to nuclear threats. The clock symbolizes a hypothetical global catastrophe as midnight.