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The Direct Action Committee (DAC) against nuclear war was a pacifist organization formed "to assist the conducting of non-violent direct action to obtain the total renunciation of nuclear war and its weapons by Britain and all other countries as a first step in disarmament".〔(''Records of the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War'', University of Bradford )〕 It existed from 1957-1961. ==Origins== The DAC was formed in response to the British H-Bomb tests carried out between 1956 and 1958. In 1957, at the time of one of the tests on Christmas Island, Harold Steele planned to sail into the test area in protest.〔 He was unable to do so〔(LSE Archives )〕 but his supporters formed a committee and marched in support to the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston. The original committee comprised: *J. Allen Skinner *Hugh Brock and *Arlo Tatum.〔Arlo Tatum is by origin American. He was the national co-ordinator of the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors and produced the ''Handbook for Conscientious Objectors'' (1952) and ''Guide to the draft'' (1969).〕 They were soon joined by: *Michael Randle (who became Chair) *April Carter (Secretary) *Pat Arrowsmith (Field Secretary) *Michael Scott and *Will Warren.〔 By the end of 1958 the Committee's members also included Alex Comfort, Frances Edwards, Michael Howard (of the Crusade for World Government), Sheila Jones and Francis Jude.〔Christopher Driver, ''The Disarmers: A Study in Protest'', London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1964〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Direct Action Committee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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