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Obscured intimations of apocalypse

Protect and Survive
The Vaults, London SE1
3/5

THE recent demonstration against Trident, the largest in a generation, saw a large youthful presence.

But others on the march would have been able to recall the Protect and Survive pamphlet issued in May 1980 at a time when nuclear catastrophe was at the forefront of public debate.

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