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CND Badge, 1960s
The CND symbol, now known universally as a 'peace symbol' was designed by Gerald Holtom in 1958, the year in which the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament was launched by Bertrand Russell and other British intellectuals. Its shape is based on the semaphore signals for the letters N and D (for Nuclear Disarmament). The design of the logo was never copyrighted, leading to its widespread reuse and adoption. CND became a mass movement during the late 1950s and early 1960s, with annual mass marches from the UK's weapons research establishment in Aldermaston to London. Support waned later in the 1960s, when opposition to the Vietnam War became the focus of left-wing organisation.
CND Badge, 1960s
The CND symbol, now known universally as a 'peace symbol' was designed by Gerald Holtom in 1958, the year in which the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament was launched by Bertrand Russell and other British intellectuals. Its shape is based on the semaphore signals for the letters N and D (for Nuclear Disarmament). The design of the logo was never copyrighted, leading to its widespread reuse and adoption. CND became a mass movement during the late 1950s and early 1960s, with annual mass marches from the UK's weapons research establishment in Aldermaston to London. Support waned later in the 1960s, when opposition to the Vietnam War became the focus of left-wing organisation.