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BBC NEWS | Magazine | World's best-known protest symbol turns 50
Topic: Miscellaneous 10:00 pm EDT, Mar 21, 2008

It started life as the emblem of the British anti-nuclear movement but it has become an international sign for peace, and arguably the most widely used protest symbol in the world. It has also been adapted, attacked and commercialised.


Gerald Holtom, a designer and former World War II conscientious objector from West London, persuaded DAC that their aims would have greater impact if they were conveyed in a visual image. The "Ban the Bomb" symbol was born.

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BBC NEWS | Magazine | World's best-known protest symbol turns 50



 
 
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