Badge, lapel badge

This badge was produced as part of the Greater London Council (GLC) campaign against nuclear weapons and nuclear energy. In 1980 Manchester City Council declared the city a 'nuclear free zone'. Many local authorities followed suit across the country. At the 1981 GLC election the Labour Party emerged victorious with Ken Livingstone becoming leader of the council.

A vocal opponent of Margaret Thatcher, Livingstone clashed with the national Conservative government on many occasions and was frequently attacked in the tabloid press. The GLC adopted an anti-nuclear stance by campaigning against nuclear weapons and the transportation of nuclear waste through London by train. The slogan 'Radiation Fades Your Genes' is a reference to the genetic damage to humans caused by exposure to radioactive materials.