by Susan | Apr 14, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
April 14, 2007 The Russian activist Garry Kasparov was among 170 people arrested as police prevented a banned anti-Kremlin march and rally that started in Pushkin Square, Moscow, from proceeding. The former chess player was freed several hours later, and was fined $38...
by Susan | Apr 13, 2016 | National Poetry Month
Love immersing the river A door opens for me to enter To hug, to sit, to smile A hand to hold Courage to shout through walls Digo la verdad! (I tell the truth) Prayers shake out our anger Outside, voices rise Heat in the air In their voices O Dios mio, no! (Oh my God,...
by Susan | Apr 13, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
April 13, 1873 The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 African Americans were murdered, took place. In the wake of the contested 1872 election for governor of Louisiana and local offices, a group of white Democrats, armed with rifles and a small cannon, overpowered...
by Susan | Apr 12, 2016 | National Poetry Month
The wall walks the fell — Grey millipede on slow Stone hooves; Its slack black hollowed At gulleys and grooves, Or shouldering over Old Boulders Too big to be rolled away. Fallen fragments Of the high crags Crawl in the walk of the wall. A dry-stone wall is a wall and...
by Susan | Apr 12, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
April 12, 1971 Ninety-year-old Jeanette Rankin, the only member of Congress to vote against U.S. entry to both World Wars, lead 8,000 in protest of the Vietnam War in the Women’s peace march on the...
