World Peace Council collected records, 1949-1996.

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World Peace Council collected records, 1949-1996.

Collection consists primarily of printed material, mostly pamphlets, with some scattered correspondence and proceedings from various conferences, and one poster.

1.5 linear ft.

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World Peace Council.

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The World Peace Council (WPC) is an international organization, representing over 100 countries, with headquarters in Athens, Greece since 2000 (formerly in Finland). The WPC was founded in 1948; Frederic Joliot-Curie was its first president. During the Cold War, the WPC tended to criticize western, especially American, armaments but refrained from equal criticism of the Soviet Union side. On its web site (as of March 2011) it is described as an "anti-imperialist, democratic, independent and non...

Swarthmore College. Peace Collection.

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