For Peace!

The Committee of 100 was a group of activists opposed to nuclear weapons, dedicated to nonviolent direct action and embracing anti-hierarchical politics. Formed in late 1960, as a split of the CND, the group enjoyed substantial public support and media attention for three years, before eventually declining and dissolving in 1968.

The Committee of 100 sought to combine the broad appeal of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) with the nonviolent direct action methods of the smaller Direct Action Committee (active 1957-1961). One hundred people, including members of the Direct Action Committee, CND, and prominent supporters such as actors, artists, and writers, joined the group. The strategy behind having a hundred named committee members was to discourage police from targeting specific individuals for arrest following large-scale acts of civil disobedience.

This section includes ephemera and leaflets from the The Committee of 100, as well as literature from associated groups such as Spies Against Peace, and the influential critique of the The Committee of 100, entitled 'Beyond Counting Arses', published in Solidarity for Workers' Power in 1963, which advocates for a more grassroots approach to anti-militarism.