by Susan | Jul 29, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1936 peace Prize was awarded to Carlos Saavedra Lamas, of Argentina, for his mediation of an end to the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia. He was the first Laureate from South America, and, in his Presentation Speech by historian Christian Lous Lange, a...
by Susan | Jul 29, 2016 | Friday's Film
Documentary. A coming of age story about a boy and his family who overcame great challenges (autism) by turning Disney animated movies into a language to express love, loss, kinship and brotherhood. Based on the book by Ron Suskind. Starring Jonathan Freeman, Gilbert...
by Susan | Jul 29, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
July 29, 1970 After a five-year strike, the United Farm Workers (UFW) signed a contract with the table grape growers in California that granted better pay and working conditions, ending the first grape boycott. The boycott connected middle-class families in big cities...
by Susan | Jul 28, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1935 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Carl von Ossietzky, of Germany, for his struggle against Germany’s rearmament. Von Ossietzky, a journalist, was jailed by the Nazis when he revealed that Germany was re-arming in defiance of the Versailles Treaty. The...
by Susan | Jul 28, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
July 28, 2005 The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) officially ended its 30-year armed campaign to win the independence of Northern Ireland and began the full decommissioning of its weapons under international supervision, which was completed two months later. ...
