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Peace sign turned fifty

Submitted by wallah on Sat, 02/23/2008 - 17:45.

.: CREDIT: Keystone, Hulton Archive, Getty Images The peace symbol appeared in a 1958 demonstration against nuclear weapons and missile bases in Britain. The symbol was created by pacifist designer Gerald Holtom, who said that the symbol also represented a figure in despair, and was inspired by the Miseries of War painting series of Goya, which included Desastre de la Guerra..: CREDIT: Keystone, Hulton Archive, Getty Images
The peace symbol appeared in a 1958 demonstration against nuclear weapons and missile bases in Britain. The symbol was created by pacifist designer Gerald Holtom, who said that the symbol also represented a figure in despair, and was inspired by the Miseries of War painting series of Goya, which included Desastre de la Guerra.

Three lines and a circle 'still radiates emotion'
While the decades-old peace symbol speaks to hundreds of millions around the world, its message is not as simple as first envisioned, writes Tony Atherton.

Tony Atherton
The Ottawa Citizen
Wednesday, February 20, 2008


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