by Susan | Feb 8, 2016 | Monuments
A new monument in Madison, Wisconsin contradicts an old jingoistic slogan that proclaims no secular person could, or would, give their lives on the battlefield in the name of the United States. The old aphorism “There are no atheists in foxholes,” has served to spark...
by Susan | Feb 8, 2016 | Season for Nonviolence
9. Dreaming Martin Luther King, Jr., had a great dream. What is your own dream for peace? Write it down. What is one thing you can do to honor your dream? Do it...
by Susan | Feb 8, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
February 8, 1964 Congress debated an amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1963 which would have removed the protection of prohibitions against religious discrimination from atheists. Proposed by Ohio Republican John Ashbrook, the amendment read: “…it shall...
by Susan | Feb 7, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
February 7, 1993 Women’s tribunal against rape in war was established in Zagreb, Croatia, the first International Criminal Tribunal set up in Europe since World War II. According to the 2001 Amnesty International Report “Bosnia-Herzegovina: Foča verdict...
