Anti-war signs Fifty years ago, a man named Gerald Holden (Gerald? Holtom's Englishman designed an anti-war sign, which contained the desire and appeal of "nuclear disarmament" in a simple pattern. Now, this logo is as famous as the trademarks of Coca-Cola and Nike.
Like Madonna, this famous round anti-war symbol is 5 years old. It seems too early to draw a conclusion for Madonna, 5, but the anti-war symbol is rejuvenated and growing stronger today.
most people are very familiar with this sign, but little is known about its origin. Two newly published books, Michael S. Sweeney (Michael? S.? By Sweeney)? Peace: The Autobiography of a Sign and Barry Myers (Barry? The story of the birth of this anti-war symbol is detailed in "Peace: 5 Years of Resistance" written by Miles. The two stories are different in details, but at least two authors are sure that the designer of the logo is Gerald Holton (Gerald? Holtom) British.
In p>1958, the Soviet Union and the United States engaged in a nuclear weapons race during the Cold War. At the same time, an anti-arms race movement, which started from the people, began to gather strength in Britain. At the beginning of that year, a group called "Direct Action Movement" (Direct? Action? Campaign) was established and began to plan a large-scale anti-war demonstration. Subsequently, the "Nuclear Disarmament Movement" (CND) organization in the United Kingdom also joined in. In their plan, the route of the anti-war March is 84 kilometers from London to a village called Aldermaston. Aldermaston was chosen because it was the location of the Atomic Weapons Research Institute, the British nuclear weapons research center at that time.
Gerald Horton, a commercial artist, is a member of this organization. He became a staunch anti-war activist during World War II. Entrusted by the organization, he used the signal in the navy flag as the design element, and designed a peaceful anti-war symbol that later became popular all over the world. In the naval semaphore, the signalman holds two flags, which stand at a 45-degree angle downwards, indicating "N". One side of the two flags points upwards, and the other side points downwards, indicating "D", and "N" and "D" are "nuclear disarmament". Acronym for disarmament) English words. Holton combined them into a simple line and drew a circle outside.
There are other ways to interpret this sign. Holton said: "I painted myself: a representative of a desperate man, with his hands down and his palms forward, just like Goya did in the painting" The Insurgents were Shot in the Night of May 3, 188. " The lines in the circle suggest the human body, while the circle symbolizes the earth.
In the later days, Holden regretted that he had brought too much despair to this sign. He said that if he was given another chance, he hoped to turn the sign upside down. "He thinks peace is something to celebrate." Ken Colesbon, a journalist who has interviewed Holden and studied the history of anti-war symbols for many years (Ken? Kolsbun) said, "Coincidentally, if the sign he designed is turned upside down, the' signalman' on the sign will hold two flags with an upward angle of 45 degrees, which means' U' in the semaphore. UD is unilateral disarmament (unilateral? The abbreviation of disarmament, perhaps this will have more far-reaching significance than nuclear disarmament. "