by Susan | Feb 28, 2015 | Good to Know!
1 Orthodox Sunday – Orthodox Christian Saint David of Wales – Christian 2 – 20 Nineteen Day Fast – Baha’i (begins sundown 1 March ) 5 Purim – Jewish (begins sundown on 4 March) Magha Puja Day –Buddhist 6 Holi –...
by Susan | Feb 28, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
February 28, 1854 The Republican Party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, by anti-slavery abolitionists, in reaction to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which left the issue of slavery up to individual states. February 28, 1919 Mohandas Gandhi launched his campaign of...
by Susan | Feb 27, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
February 27, 1946 James Oppenheim’s poem “Bread & Roses” was published in Industrial Workers of the World’s (IWW) Industrial Solidarity. It was set to music and became an anthem of the labor and women’s movements, sung here by Joan...
by Susan | Feb 26, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
February 26, 1998 An international Citizens’ Weapons Inspection Team, led by Canadian Member of Parliament Libby Davies was denied entry to determine the presence or absence of weapons of mass destruction at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Washington, a nuclear...
by Susan | Feb 26, 2015 | Do Something, Good to Know!
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