by Susan | Nov 19, 2014 | this day in peace and justice history, Uncategorized
November 19, 1915 Joe Hill, a labor organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and framed for murder, was killed by firing squad in the courtyard of the Utah State Penitentiary in Salt Lake City. His final words were “Don’t waste any time in...
by Susan | Nov 18, 2014 | this day in peace and justice history
November 18, 1993 South Africa’s ruling National Party, and leaders of 20 other parties representing both blacks and whites, approved a new national constitution that provided fundamental rights to blacks and other non-whites, ending the apartheid system. Long...
by Susan | Nov 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
by Susan | Nov 17, 2014 | this day in peace and justice history
November 17, 1980 More than 2,000 women, including writers Grace Paley & Maya Angelou, surrounded the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. to weave, dance, chant, demonstrate and perform civil disobedience to communicate to national leaders and military commanders that...
by Susan | Nov 16, 2014 | Season for Nonviolence 2
Starting on January 31 2015, and for the next 64 days, we’ll be posting something here that you can do every day to achieve a nonviolent world. Are you in? (Used with permission of A Season for Nonviolence-Los...
