by Susan | Mar 13, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
March 13, 1945 Pax Christi, an international Catholic peace organization, was founded in France. From their website: “Pax Christi is a ground up organization – it began with a few committed people who spoke out, prayed and worked for reconciliation at the end of the...
by Susan | Mar 12, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
March 12, 295 Maximilian of Thebeste (near Carthage in North Africa) was beheaded by the Romans after refusing military service; he said his Christian beliefs did not permit him to become a...
by Susan | Mar 11, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
March 11, 2011 More than 85,000 Wisconsin citizens rallied outside the Capitol in Madison to welcome the return to the state of fourteen Democratic state senators. Known as the Wisconsin 14, they had left the state to deny the senate a quorum, thus delaying passage of...
by Susan | Mar 10, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
March 10, 1959 In Lhasa, 300,000 Tibetans surrounded Norbulinka Palace, preventing the Dalai Lama from accepting an invitation to tea and a cultural event issued by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, which was suspected to be a ruse to kidnap the Dalai Lama...
by Susan | Mar 9, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
March 9, 1841 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Africans who seized control of the Cuban ship Amistad had been illegally forced into slavery, and thus were free under American law. Despite an international ban on the importation of African slaves, Cuba continued...
