by Susan | Jan 25, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
January 25, 2003 A group of people left London, England, for Baghdad, Iraq, to serve as human shields, intending to prevent the U.S.-led coalition troops from bombing certain locations. It has been estimated that 200 to 500 people eventually made their way into Iraq...
by Susan | Jan 24, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
January 24, 2013 In Canada Theresa Spence, a chief from a remote Ontario reserve, agreed to end her hunger strike after talks with other native groups and opposition political parties. Spence traveled to Ottawa in December and set up camp on a small island in the...
by Susan | Jan 23, 2017 | Monuments
Designed by artists Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset, the Cuboid (German: Denkmal für die im Nationalsozialismus verfolgten Homosexuellen) is made of concrete. On the front side of the cuboid is a window, through which visitors can see a short film of two kissing...
by Susan | Jan 23, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
January 23, 1964 The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, was...
by Susan | Jan 22, 2017 | peacemaker birthdays
January 26, 1944 Angela Davis “Radical simply means ‘grasping things at the root.'” January 27, 1945 Clarissa Pinkola Estés “Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that...
