§ The nuclear powers of East and West are holding the people of the world to ransom. It is time for the people to act.
§ Today we are taking positive action against the insane nuclear policies of our Government. We demand the immediate scrapping of the agreement to base Polaris carrying submarines in Britain. We demand the complete rejection by our country of nuclear weapons and all policies and alliances that depend upon them.
§ Hitler tried to wipe out a whole people. Today the nuclear tyrants of East and West threaten the entire human race with extinction.
§ We call upon people everywhere to rise up against this monstrous tyranny. We call upon the scientists to refuse to work on nuclear weapons. We call upon workers to "black" all work connected with them and use their industrial strength in the struggle for life. We call upon people from all walks of life to take direct action to bring the production of nuclear weapons to a halt.
§ Our action this day is the first step in a campaign of non-violent civil disobedience. We hereby serve notice on our Government that we can no longer stand aside while they prepare to destroy mankind.
§ (Signed) Augustus John.
§ (Signed) Michael Scott.
§ (Signed) Bertrand Russell,
§ (Signed) Herbert Read.