by Susan | Aug 4, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
August 4, 1942 The United States government signed the Mexican Farm Labor Program Agreement with Mexico, the first among several agreements aimed at legalizing and controlling Mexican migrant farmworkers along the southern border of the United States. Conceived as a...
by Susan | Aug 3, 2015 | Monuments
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (広島平和記念碑 Hiroshima heiwa kinenhi), commonly called the Atomic Bomb Dome or Genbaku Dōmu (原爆ドーム, A-Bomb Dome), in Hiroshima, Japan, is part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. The...
by Susan | Aug 3, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
August 3, 1913 Four died and many others were injured in the Wheatland Hop Riot when police and vigilantes fired into a crowd of California hop pickers trying to organize. At the Durst Ranch in Wheatland, the state’s largest single agricultural employer,...
by Susan | Aug 2, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
August 2, 1939 President Roosevelt signed into law the Hatch Act (officially An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities), which prohibits political activity by employees of the federal government. The Act was spurred by widespread allegations that local...
by Susan | Aug 2, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
August 3, 1940 Martin Sheen (Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez) “I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it.” August 5, 1934 Wendell Berry...
