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The peace symbol (☮) was designed by Gerald Holtom in 1958, displaying the letters N and D in flag semaphore, and is the official symbol of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. [ 1 ] Nuclear weapons
The symbol now known internationally as the "peace symbol" or "peace sign", was created in 1958 as a symbol for Britain's campaign for nuclear disarmament. [53] It went on to be widely adopted in the American anti-war movement in the 1960s and was re-interpreted as generically representing world peace.
On 21 February 1958 he designed the nuclear disarmament logo for the first Aldermaston March, organised by the Direct Action Committee against Nuclear War (DAC) in Easter 1958 (4–7 April). There are differing accounts of how the design was conceived. According to CND, Holtom had been invited by the DAC to design artwork for the Aldermaston March.
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is an organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the United Kingdom, international nuclear disarmament and tighter international arms regulation through agreements such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament symbol, ... [157] International Day of Nuclear Disarmament protests were held on 20 June 1983 at 50 sites across the United States.
Hiroshima officials urged world leaders Tuesday to stop relying on nuclear weapons as deterrence and take immediate action toward abolishment — not as an ideal, but to remove the risk of atomic ...
Penguin – used in some states as a symbol of the Libertarian Party; Porcupine – Libertarian Party. Used as a symbol of the Free State Project in New Hampshire and libertarian ideas and movements in general. Raccoon – Whig Party [19] Red rose – Democratic Socialists of America; Red, white and blue cockade – Democratic-Republican Party
Nej tak), also known as the Smiling Sun, is an international symbol of the anti-nuclear movement. The logo has been present worldwide since the late 1970s and the 1980s. BBC News reported in 2005 that few symbols had become "as instantly recognizable across the world", and even the nuclear power industry had recognized the logo's "power and ...