'PEACE MARCHES' - A NEW WPC TACTIC

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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 1998
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"rlRXA-C. ; dAARCIWS" - A NEW WPS, TACTIC
have ;gained a great deal of pubiict
rid Peace Council (WPC)
ousted from View is
tional peace
ing the "peace marches" that are now in
rid Peace h ement. Those
apona caupaign a
on for wh4ch the WPC i
pacifist groups and t vidual
$* rche#, the tactical** farn?
ed coU boration with the tiP(
Peace (l} ...
poltctes by man
ling the baste pu'
* spectacular rch*s have been the
Britain at Lasater time 195
r We Against Atomic Death" in the, sam
country to June 1959, mad the
der as rahee, such as the "Wrch an Washington'
the r cb of a gran of American* across Puerto Ric
to protest against US alit bases there, have also been
ly publicised b the WPC
C aunnunist press organs. The attack*
is tatended to stimulate the organization of at
,arches throughout the world.
in
station at Aldermaston.
awes carried some 1 000 Loners to the site
msrcb bog=. tacIu4tr g Jean Bernal. Chairman of the W PC
President Con ttee and Vice Present of th
r from the Vienna headquarters of the
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4 Federation of Scientific Workers, D.N. P'ritt
WPC. 'scent Dancan-Jonos,
he WPC Secretariat in Vie li, Jim ardner,
Ray Gore and William
tly active in Col
The WPC a coed,
ms ion of these marches was shared by the British
ist front International Assocta ti
President the British Peace
Peace Cocotte
0.000 peep
us with a membership of a
wn the June "March for ire Against Atomic Death".
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and *the r anti- nuclear
x ttees but It wtU be found the PC a ivists form a
vocal part of these committees.
The "Peace Pilgrimages to Hiroshi
rive least 15, 000. per. Various marches started,
em the remotest Islands o Zapan well ahead of time and
will converge on Hiroshima at the time of the 5th o
_
Caderonce Against Atomic and Hydrogen
hell on the anniversary a
t in August 1%S-
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conducive to bringing about peace
~ es. . People .o *nth* xnarches
make the pixbitc aware the true
an of Soviet imper'
e. However, every possible mean*
Id be made scquat t with the background the
Organizers, the bistory of the *PC as an Ustmment
pert policy, and the ovt.*t deeftnMon of "Peace"
ae that caa prevrafl only after capitalism has been
banished frn the earth.
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INTERNATIONAL INSTITUT FOR PEA CC
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Pa s itu, Vto , Au ttr
Qtc 41 a LAtuderbanko Wied n Braaeh, Acomut
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IU Sa 1959
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prt.
nd us that if MY vistte re
to private ferUteee
should write now to
0. London W. 1.
We believe tbj* the pact :+ tg$' -fl
mh r c xutrtes would grestiy help sae P
a. we are*
9,j . Vigne
Fernand Vig
it of the s1gf
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be
is not into
to be adapted In *&qk se t4
and need* a Utry or
saat"tton
ORGANISATION.- The ctw4pagn should take
Ear sacs
mc,e$ of ou r weapon tests
would rme
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cold war
c and -s spheres;
c) The -seibility that the Su
tatt e nuclear ddsart meet and the eli
444 war if all the op ea tn t world. eve
$ of the aA =p* .n.
d be part c a rly
documents from m ci itte*
first and second world ware: Ubge
ad Coventry, Oradour, Piro i ,, Okinawa.
presence felt #4 tho Conference.
! significance "Courier for
fined to the people and mass amecdons
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 outline
marches" th
gained a gre
policies of
Because many
the WPC., here
implication
purpose for
Easter time
and
1959, the
march of a g
been extens
attached let
The fou
at Aldermast
John Bernal,
World Feder
P
tion of Demo
Secretariat i
former SecrE
Communist prc
41300 PE
singing and p
Vans were pro
The marchers
arrival at tb
Women's Carav
ticular)y lar
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e name used in Vienna for the World Peace Council (WPG) since that organization
T AA
as vC` ! c l, v
ched letter from the Vienna headquarters of the International Institute for Peace
y ousted from Vienna in 1957 - - # t _in full-be~ a of a detailed
ins-;;for national peace committees to follow in organizing the " peace
t are now in vogue in the World reace Movement. These " peace marches" have
t deal of publicity for the WPC anti-nuclear weapons campaign and for the
for
he Soviet union
kRgxtx mf which the WPC is an outlet.
bonefide pacifist groups and individuals whohad resisted collaboration with
ofor6 have been drawn into these marches, the tactic also furnishes an
f support for Soviet policies by many non-Communists, thus fulfilling the basic
hich the WPC was created.
he more spectacular marches have been the It Aldermaston March " in Britain at
959, the It March for Life Against Atomic Death " in the same country in June
iroshima Pilgrimages". Other marches, such as the"`larch on WashingtonI* and the
oup of Americans across Puert&Rico in protest US military bases there, have 4
vely publicized in the WPC Bulletin and other Communist press organs. The
er obviously is intended to stimulateti'other such marches throughout the world.
-day Easter 'larch in Britain began on Good Friday at the nuclear research station
n. Buses carried some 1000 Londoners to the Aite where the march began, including
Chairman of the WPC Presidential Committee and Mice President of the Communis
Communist
tion of Scientific Workers, D.N. Pritt, President of t he1Internaional
esident of the British reace Committee
Associa-
ratio Dwyer s and member of the WPC,` `incept Duncan-Jones, member of the WPC
Vienna, Jim Gardner, Secretary of the British Peace Committee, and two of its
taries, Roy Gore and William Wainwright, all of whom are militantly active in
jects.
ople started out from Aldermaston carrying banners, posters, even babies,
laying musical instruments on the 53-mile walk to Trafalgar Square in London.
ided for sleeping bags and luggage, towns taken over for dormitories at night.
swelled to 15000 enroute and another 1000 people greeted them upon their
k
Square. Special groups
theater/ ,_ar6hitects, musicians, teachers, the
,
for Peace, students, labor, foreigners and churches took part; there were par-
e groups of Quakers.
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The, WPC claimed that 30,000 people representing organizations with a membersiip of a
ook
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t or Lace Against At
The organization of these marches was shared by the British Campaign for Nucle
and other anti-nuclear committees but it will be found tat WPC activists form
of these committees.
The It Peace Pilgrimages to Hiroshima" are expected to involve at least 15
f
th
rom
e remotest isld; J
ans oapan
Various marches startedVwell aheadt'a d will converge on Hiroshima at the lime
World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, traditionally held on the
the bomb drop on Hiroshima in August}9 /-rf
It is needless to enlarge on the purpose of these " peace marches" because
cam
t
&-54A
o discoid age defense of th Tr wldd
eeeor an of
weapon against the expansion of SoWlet imperialism is already well known. Ho
possible means should be taken to make the public aware of the true motivation
marches. People who join the marches belieivng that they are conducive to brio
peace should be made acquainted with the background of the organizers, the his
WPC as an instrument of Soviet policy, and the Soviet definition of It peace" a
that can prevail only after capitalism has been banished from the earth.
000 people.
f the 5th
nive csary of
the Soviet
r
effective
ver, every
of the
ing about
ory of the
a condition
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