ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that it has succeeded only partially in capturing public opinion, while it has manifestly failed to force changes in government policy. It discusses Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), groups and protests related to CND, and the impact of CND on two sets of institutions – the churches and the trade unions. The chapter analyzes the situation within the Labour Party which has proclaimed itself as in the vanguard of the peace movement and some of the ideas thrown up by the peace movement for an alternative and non-nuclear defence policy. It discusses the impact of the peace movement on public opinion. The churches have naturally debated the ethics of nuclear deterrents and nuclear war-fighting within the classical framework of the just war. The cause of industrial conversion has made some progress on the left of the Labour party where the plans of the Lucas aerospace shop-stewards have received most attention.
