by Susan | Sep 17, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 17, 1961 1,314 anti-nuclear protesters were arrested during a sit-down in London’s Trafalgar Square by 12,000 (authorities had denied a permit.) The organizers hoped to to ‘fill the jails’, with the intention of causing prison overload and large-scale...
by Susan | Sep 16, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1995 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Joseph Rotblat, of the United Kingdom, and to the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, founded in Canada, for their efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics and, in the longer...
by Susan | Sep 16, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 16, 1810 Mexico began its revolt against Spanish rule. Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla delivered the cry for freedom (Grito de Dolores) in front of a small crowd of his parishioners in Dolores Hidalgo. This action stemmed from meetings of the literary and...
by Susan | Sep 15, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1994 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Yasser Arafat, of Palestine, and to Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin, of Israel, to honor a political act which called for great courage on both sides, and which has opened up opportunities for a new development towards...
by Susan | Sep 15, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 15, 1829 The Guerrero Decree, which abolished slavery throughout the Republic of Mexico except in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, was issued by President Vicente R....
