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Author
Publisher
Four Winds Press
Pub. Date
[1988]
Language
English
Description
Seventh grader Matt Tyson is tempted to join his new friend Allie in a public protest against the Army's decision to stockpile nuclear missiles outside their town, even though the demonstration conflicts with a big football game in which he is needed to play.
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In 1960s Glasgow, anti-nuclear activists Judith and Jimmy fall in love. But their future hopes are dashed when their protestors' squat is raided and many, including Jimmy, are sent to prison. Pregnant and with no word from Jimmy, Judith is forced to enter an unmarried mothers' home, give up their baby and learn to live with her grief. More than half a century later, Judith's Mending Shop restores broken treasures, just as Judith herself has been...
12) Conviction
Publisher
Zero to Sixty Productions
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The Documentary film Conviction tells the story of three Dominican Sisters who took the proliferation of nuclear arms in the country personally. These women saw it a their duty, their mission, their religious calling, to break into a missle silo in Colorado, chant, pour their own blood and get jailed for their beliefs.
Author
Series
Protest culture and society volume Volume 24
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Nothing more eloquently symbolizes the counterculture era than the peace sign. How did this simple sketch become so powerful an image? This book, published on the 50th anniversary of its creation, tells the surprising story of the sign in words and pictures, from its origins in the nuclear disarmament efforts of the late 1950s to its adoption by the antiwar movement of the 1960s, through its stint as a mass-marketed commodity and its enduring relevance...