by Susan | May 9, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 9, 1972 4,000 garment workers at Farah Manufacturing Company in El Paso went out on strike for the right to be represented by a union. The strikers were virtually all Hispanic; 85 percent were women. Their labor action, which lasted until they won union...
by Susan | May 8, 2016 | Cool Video
by Susan | May 8, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 8, 1895 Fulton J. Sheen “Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?” May 9, 1877 Peter Maurin “If we are crazy, then it is because we...
by Susan | May 8, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 8, 1946 Fourteen-year-old Estonian school girls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blew up a Soviet memorial in Tallinn. Since the Soviets occupied Estonia the year before they had blown up monuments to Estonian soldiers and their revolution to replace them with their...
by Susan | May 7, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
May 7, 1844 A Protestant mob in Philadelphia, shouting “Kill them! Kill them!” burned down more than 30 homes in the predominantly Irish suburb of Kensington. The immediate cause of the riots stemmed from Catholic opposition to the exclusive use of the...
