by Susan | Jul 12, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
July 12, 1917 About 2,000 vigilantes and law enforcement officers forcibly deported 1,185 striking working men associated with the radical Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) labor union and their supporters from Bisbee, Arizona. The deportees were loaded onto...
by Susan | Jul 11, 2016 | guest blogger
By Patrick T. Hiller This essay was originally published in Peace Voice. Reprinted with permission. The tragic night of July 7, 2016 was the most visible manifestation of U.S. wars reaching our own soil. To be clear, I am not talking about the absurd and insulting...
by Susan | Jul 11, 2016 | Good to Know!
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by Susan | Jul 11, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1911 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Tobias Asser, of the Netherlands, for being a member of the Court of Arbitration as well as the initiator of the Conferences on International Private Law and to Alfred Fried, of Austria-Hungary, for his work as founder of...
by Susan | Jul 11, 2016 | Monuments
The Path of Peace sculpture, depicting three doves, is an original work of art by Ron Dinsdale and crafted from Indiana Bedford limestone. It is a joint project of Des Moines Area Community College and Iowa Peacemakers Monument, Inc. and was dedicated in September...
