by Susan | Jan 7, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
January 7, 1919 The Beginning of “Bloody Week” (“Semaine Sanglante“) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Argentine Regional Workers’ Federation had called for a general strike after a police shooting. Thirty thousand infantrymen were called...
by Susan | Jan 6, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
January 6, 1941 “In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression—everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God...
by Susan | Jan 5, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
January 5, 1527 Felix Manz, the first Anabaptist martyr, was sentenced to death and drowned in Zurich, Switzerland, for preaching against infant...
by Susan | Jan 4, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
January 6, 1878 Carl Sandburg “Sometime they’ll give a war and nobody will come.” January 8, 1885 A.J. Muste “There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.” January 9, 1959 Rigoberta Menchu Tum “Este mundo no va a cambiar a menos que...
by Susan | Jan 3, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
January 3, 1521 Pope Leo X issued the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem, which excommunicated Martin Luther, the chief catalyst of Protestantism, from the Catholic Church. January 3, 1834 Escalating the tensions that would lead to rebellion and war, the Mexican...
