CND 50 years on

Subject: CND 50 years on
From: Fred McCormick
Date: 13 Oct 08 - 11:05 AM

I've just come across an interesting article, written by Colin Irwin and published in The Observer in August this year, on the early days of the Campaign For Nuclear Disarmament and the supposed birth of British protest songs. You can read it at

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/aug/10/folk.politicsandthearts

Subject: RE: CND 50 years on
From: Ythanside
Date: 13 Oct 08 - 01:22 PM

Superb article. Great days, great people, and songs that made you want to rush out and man the barricades. 50 years, long time passing? No, merely the blink of an eye.