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Title: The Bomb And The Individual

Author: Francis Batten

In: Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 27, No. 13. 1964.

Publication details: Victoria University of Wellington Students’ Association, 7 September 1964, Wellington

Part of: Salient : An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z.

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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 27, No. 13. 1964.

Naval Sit-Ins As Test Protest?

Naval Sit-Ins As Test Protest?

Man is in Imminent Danger of losing control of his own destiny. For the man who is even half-aware of the colossal predicament caused by the bomb, the most depressing and enervating thing is the apparently complete ineffectuality of the individual.

by Francis Batten

Just what can the individual do? What can New Zealanders do about the French nuclear tests in the South Pacific?

Supposing that people could induce their elected representatives to take action, what effective actions could they take? Protests? Economic sanctions? Even breaking off diplomatic relations?