by Susan | Dec 4, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
December 4, 1969 Black Panthers Fred Hampton, 21, and Mark Clark 22, were shot to death by 14 police officers as they lay sleeping in their Chicago, IL, apartment. While authorities claimed the Panthers had opened fire on the police who were there to serve a search...
by Susan | Dec 4, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
December 7, 1928 Noam Chomsky “One of the problems of organizing in the North, in the rich countries, is that people tend to think – even the activists – that instant gratification is required. You constantly hear: ‘Look I went to a...
by Susan | Dec 3, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
December 3, 1984 An explosion at a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India lead to the worst industrial accident in history. At least 2,000 people died and another 200,000 were injured when toxic gas enveloped the city of nearly a million...
by Susan | Dec 2, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
December 2, 1917 Dorothy Day and seven other suffragists, who had been arrested for picketing the White House to demand women’s suffrage and were sentenced to jail, announced on this day that they would sue for damages because of their brutal treatment in jail. They...
by Susan | Dec 1, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
December 1, 1862 President Lincoln gave the State of the Union message to the 37th Congress. “The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present… As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall...
