Q. 1. Why committee of 100 could not run peace movement successfully in
Britain ? Give causes.
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Answer:
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,[1] Michael Scott, and others. Its supporters used mass nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience to achieve their aims.
Answer:
Committee of 100 could not run the peace movement successfully because :
1) In this movement large number of people did not take part.
2) The police suppressed the people who took part in movement cruelty and arrested them. This made the movement weak.
3) The main leader of movement “Russell” was arrested. So, the movement become leaderless and movement become more weak.
4) There was no fixed framework of this committee.
5) There were no solid laws of becoming the member.
6) Some of the people were telling lies that they were the members of the “committee of 100”. Due to these reasons the movement failed.