PETE WILKINSON, aged 78
Founder of Greenpeace, he was an environmentalist who protested about the dumping of nuclear waste and the slaughter of animals, and fought to save Antarctica.
GEORGE ABENDSTERN, aged 88
A refugee from Germany he spent most of his life working in industrial Lancashire, whilst pursuing many political activist causes – making a difference.
PAT ARROWSMITH, aged 93
FOUNDER MEMBER OF CND Born Margaret Patricia Arrowsmith, into a fundamentalist Protestant family in Leamington Spa, she was always known as ‘Pat’. Her mother, Margaret Kingham, had been brought up in the Plymouth Brethren movement, […]
DON SUTHERLAND, aged 103
A conscientious objector during the war, he worked in a famous farming community. Constantly activating for peace, he finally appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe.
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