Committee of 100 (United Kingdom)
| Formation | 22 October 1960 |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 31 October 1968 |
| Type | Civil society campaign |
| Purpose | Nuclear disarmament |
Region | United Kingdom |
| Methods | Nonviolent direct action Civil disobedience |
| Fields | Anti-nuclear movement Peace movement Anarchist movement |
| Affiliations | Direct Action Committee Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament |
The Committee of 100 was a British anti-war group. It was set up in 1960 with a hundred public signatories by Bertrand Russell, Ralph Schoenman, Michael Scott, and others. Its supporters used mass nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience to achieve their aims. After the parliamentary strategy of the leadership of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament suffered reverses, the Committee became, historian Martin Shaw argues, the driving force of the mass movement against nuclear weapons in 1961-63.