CND at sixty
The general secretary of CND pays tribute to the support Quakers have given over 60 years
Kate Hudson, the general secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), has paid tribute to the support of Friends as Quakers up and down the country gear up for the organisation’s sixtieth anniversary celebrations.
She told the Friend: ‘Quakers have always formed a backbone to CND. Obviously we are a very diverse organisation but Quakers have played a strong role throughout our history. We’re great partners on many things. They are a big part of our Stop Trident Alliance. It’s a relationship we really value.’
CND’s sixtieth anniversary celebrations started this month, with a wide range of events planned for the coming year.
Kate Hudson said: ‘On Saturday 17 February, which was the actual sixtieth anniversary, there was a gathering at Central Hall Westminster with over 5,000 attenders. We also have an online exhibition “60 Faces of CND”. It was incredibly hard to pick, because we have so many fantastic activists, but we’ve selected a spread of our most inspiring campaigners, some of them household names. The whole theme for all our celebrations is looking back to look forwards to the future too.’
Exeter CND ran an afternoon of choir-singing anti-nuclear and anti-war songs in the Peace Shop on 10 February to mark the anniversary
Maurice Spurway, an attender at Exeter Meeting, and a CND and Peace Voices choir member, told the Friend: ‘We are hoping to raise funds to finance more sixtieth anniversary celebrations in the coming year.’
The choir sings anti-war songs written by the local choirmaster, as well as well-known protest songs, such as ‘We Shall Overcome’ and Where Have All The Flowers Gone’.
You need to login to read subscriber-only content and/or comment on articles.