Formation | 22 October 1960 |
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Dissolved | 31 October 1968 |
Type | Civil society campaign |
Purpose | Nuclear disarmament |
Region | United Kingdom |
Methods | Nonviolent direct action Civil disobedience |
Fields | Anti-nuclear movement Peace movement Anarchist movement |
Affiliations | Direct Action Committee Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament |
The Committee of 100 was a British anti-war group. It was set up in 1960 with a hundred public signatories by Bertrand Russell, Ralph Schoenman,[1] Michael Scott, and others. Its supporters used mass nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience to achieve their aims.