by Susan | Jan 15, 2017 | peacemaker birthdays
January 15, 1929 Martin Luther King, Jr “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” January 18, 1925 Gilles Deleuze “A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of...
by Susan | Jan 15, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
January 15, 1950 At the National Emergency Civil Rights Conference, more than 4,200 delegates from fifty-eight national organizations met in Washington to lobby their congressman to support the president’s civil rights program and a permanent Fair Employment Practices...
by Susan | Jan 14, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
January 14, 2011 The former president of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, fled his country to Saudi Arabia following a series of street demonstrations against his regime and corrupt policies which demanded for freedom, rights and democracy. This is considered as the...
by Susan | Jan 13, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
January 13, 1847 The Treaty of Cahuenga (also called the “Capitulation of Cahuenga”) ended the fighting of the Mexican-American War in Alta California in 1847. It was not a formal treaty between nations but an informal agreement between rival military...
by Susan | Jan 12, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
January 12, 1987 Twenty West German judges were arrested for blockading the U.S. Air Force base at Mutlangen, West Germany where Pershing II nuclear-armed cruise missiles were deployed. Judge Ulf Panzer stated:, “Fifty years ago, during the time of Nazi fascism,...
