People Power: Fighting for Peace at Imperial War Museum London

The Imperial War Museum London presents 'People Power: Fighting for Peace', an exhibition of 300 rare objects tracing a century of British pacifism. The show opens with the 1916 conscription introduction, when 16,000 men, including Bloomsbury artists, declared conscientious objection. It highlights the 1958 Gerald Holtom-designed Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament symbol and Cold War anti-nuclear activism, featuring ephemera from Joan Baez, John Lennon, and Yoko Ono. The exhibition also covers the 2003 Iraq War protests, where David Gentleman created the 'No More Lies' poster for Stop the War Coalition, and includes Peter Kennard and Cat Phillip's photomontage of Tony Blair taking a selfie before a desert explosion. Conflicts from the Gulf War to Syria and South Sudan are addressed. The exhibition runs until August 28, 2017 at the Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road.