Just before the time of publishing, a great deal of work written by the Commonword writers consisted of anti-nuclear and anti-war material. Such was the strong feeling in the group towards this subject, that they pooled their work into this anthology. At the time, they said: “We hope that it will emphatically express our feelings on the subject, and play its part in the ever growing protest movement.”
An extract from Go Nuclear by Paul Smith
I watched the paper burning in the flame.
All life would go.
It would never be the same. Never.
Dear God, Dear God, what have we done?
why are “we” to blame?
Whoever burns the world to hell,
whichever woman, child or man,
Destroys the life, the men, the vegetation,
The trees, the bushes, animals and birds,
By God it will not be me.
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