Meg Beresford (born 5 September 1937) was a British campaigner against
nuclear weapon
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission or atomic bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear weapon), producing a nuclear exp ...
s and general secretary of the
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is an organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the United Kingdom, international nuclear disarmament and tighter international arms regulation through agreements such as the Nucl ...
from 1985 to 1990.
An activist involved with the
European Nuclear Disarmament
European Nuclear Disarmament (END) was a Europe-wide movement for a "nuclear-free Europe from Poland to Portugal” that put on annual European Nuclear Disarmament conventions from 1982 to 1991.
Origins
The founding statement of END was the Eu ...
(END) movement, she came to prominence as END's organising secretary.
In 1985 Beresford was appointed General Secretary for
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is an organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the United Kingdom, international nuclear disarmament and tighter international arms regulation through agreements such as the Nucl ...
, Europe's largest single-issue peace campaign. Her term concluded in 1990, and she subsequently worked as a gardener for the
Iona Community
The Iona Community, founded in 1938 by George MacLeod, is an ecumenical Christian community of people from different walks of life and different traditions within Christianity.
It and its publishing house, Wild Goose Publications, are headquar ...
on the island of
Iona
Iona (; , sometimes simply ''Ì'') is an island in the Inner Hebrides, off the Ross of Mull on the western coast of Scotland. It is mainly known for Iona Abbey, though there are other buildings on the island. Iona Abbey was a centre of Gaeli ...
.
Works
* "CND and the Soviet Union", ''Sanity'', January 1985
See also
*
List of peace activists
This list of peace activists includes people who have proactively advocated Diplomacy, diplomatic, philosophical, and non-military resolution of major territorial or ideological disputes through nonviolent means and methods. Peace activists usua ...
References
External links
''Holidays in Hell: In Which Our Intrepid Reporter Travels to the World's Worst Places and Asks, "What's Funny About This"'' P. J. O'Rourke, Grove Press, 2000,
1937 births
Living people
British anti-war activists
Iona
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament activists
British anti–nuclear weapons activists
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