by Susan | Aug 27, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
August 27, 2008 In Honolulu Marcus Eriksen and fellow eco-mariner Joel Paschal celebrated the end of their 2,600-mile voyage on what they call the JUNK raft. They had spent three months crossing the Pacific on a raft made of plastic bottles to raise awareness of ocean...
by Susan | Aug 26, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1974 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Seán MacBride, of Ireland, President of the International Peace Bureau; President of the Commission of Namibia. “For his strong interest in human rights: piloting the European Convention on Human Rights through the...
by Susan | Aug 26, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
August 26, 2012 In Togo, women in the civil rights group “Let’s Save Togo” said they would have a week-long sex strike to demand the resignation of President Faure...
by Susan | Aug 25, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The Prize was not awarded in 1972. The 1973 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Henry Kissinger, of the United States, and to Le Duc Tho, of North Vietnam, for the Paris agreement intended to bring about a cease-fire in the Vietnam war and a withdrawal of the American...
by Susan | Aug 25, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
August 25, 2004 ACT UP protested naked outside of Penn Station on the eve of the Republican National Convention in NYC, demanding that the Bush Administration drop the debt of poor countries with large HIV/AIDS epidemics. ACT UP & Health GAP and allies pushed for...
