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The New Zealand NMWM was founded in the 1920s by Fred Page (1899–1930). It strived to influence public opinion in New Zealand through petitions and public discussion. By the late 1930s it was losing influence to two other New Zealand pacifist bodies: the New Zealand branch of the
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Revolt in the churches against armaments and war: being a symposium of articles contributed by leaders of Christian thought in support of disarmament by example by Wilfred Wellock (1934)
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All about pacifism and armaments: something for Christians, trade unionists, Socialists, Liberals, Conservatives, co-operators, parents, teachers, women and militarists (1938)
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became increasingly prominent, but most left after the Movement, in accordance with its pacifist principles, refused to support the fighting of either side in the
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Disarmament or disaster?: a review of the first phase of the disarmament conference and an indictment of the British government's policy by A J Brown (1932)
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Your country is in danger!: if you love your country you should give this letter your most serious consideration: an open letter to every patriot. (1932)
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The Roots of War. A Handbook on War and the Social Order. Published jointly by the Friends Anti-War Group and the No More War Movement. (1935)
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War and the workers: an appeal to the labour, trade union, and co-operative movements and the unemployed by Wilfred Wellock (1934)
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The British No More War Movement (NMWM) was founded in 1921 as a pacifist and socialist successor to the
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Pacifism and the general strike. A constructive alternative to 'collective security' (1935)(with
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You remember Abyssinia?: an analysis of events and some conclusions by Reginald Renyolds (1936)
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The truth behind the Palestine riots. An information bulletin. by Reginald Reynolds (1936)
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Fighting for Peace. The story of the war resistance movement. By W. J. Chamberlain, (1929)
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Out in the Cold: Pacifists and Conscientious Objectors in New Zealand During World War II
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Semi-Detached Idealists:The British Peace Movement and International Relations, 1854-1945
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Peace in our Time for all Time: The Rising Tide of War Resistance by Norman Cliff (1928)
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Can Britain disarm?: a reasoned case in fourteen points by A. Fenner Brockway (1930?)
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Burn your gunboats. The case for complete disarmament by Walter H Ayles (1930)
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New Zealand's Great War: New Zealand, the Allies, and the First World War
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Real cowards: a talk about the Disarmament Conference by "H. C." (1932)
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Gandhi's fast: its cause and significance by Reginald Reynolds (1932)
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Liberal Internationalism: The Interwar Movement for Peace in Britain
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War as viewed by Jesus and the early church: a body of evidence by
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No More War Movement: Remembrance: notes for Armistice Day (1927)
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The Draft Disarmament Convention and the world conference by
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Fighting for Peace: The Story of the War Resistance Movement
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Varieties of Anti-Fascism: Britain in the Inter-War Period
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Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations
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A suppressed speech: militarism stripped too naked (1930)
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Youth and adventure: on which side shall I enlist? by
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Disarmament and unemployment by Walter H Ayles (1930)
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Non Violent Resistance (psychological intervention)
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Index

pacifist
United Kingdom
New Zealand
No-Conscription Fellowship
War Resisters International
Fenner Brockway
revolutionary socialism
war
Wilfred Wellock
Leslie Paul
W. J. Chamberlain
Monica Whately
Albert Einstein
white poppy
British Legion
Women's Co-operative Guild
Independent Labour Party
Walter Ayles
Lucy Cox
Reginald Reynolds
Quaker
Gandhi
communist
British Anti-War Movement
New Commonwealth Society
Anarchists
Spanish Civil War
Peace Pledge Union
Peace Pledge Union
Archibald Barrington

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