People are asking how she found the time to do it but CND Chair Kate Hudson has written a 250 page 'History of CND'. What's more she has managed to make it very readable and thoroughly interesting. She has done this by looking at how CND has responded to the various challenges with which the peace movement has been confronted over the years. Quite rightly she has included scarcely any references to internal disputes and personality clashes although CND has had its fair share of these. We've also had major policy differences to contend with at times. I recall some years ago a demonstration in connection with the NATO attack on Serbia; pro-Serbia people gathered in one part of Trafalgar Square and pro-Kosovo people in another, leaving only limited space for those of us calling for peace! Nonetheless we were there and fortunately CND today is very much more united and far more influential than four or five years ago. Largely due to Kate Hudson's leadership there is no confusion nowadays about our anti-nuclear, anti-war position. Buy Kate's book and you'll learn a whole lot more about CND's absorbing history! Available from CND office £10 post free.
Pat Allen
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