by Susan | Sep 21, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. The Spanish fascist junta named Franco to generalissimo/supreme commander (1936) J R R Tolkien published “The Hobbit” (1937) Winston Churchill condemned Hitler’s...
by Susan | Sep 20, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
September 20, 1932 Rabindranath Tagore, recipient of the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature, began a campaign of resistance to practice of “untouchability” in then-British India. He penned Dalit heroes for his poems and his dramas, and he campaigned—successfully—to open...
by Susan | Sep 19, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
September 19, 2001 The Harkin-Engel Protocol called for action from the chocolate and cocoa industry to put an end to exploitative child labor by 2005 (the deadline was not met.) It also included a commitment to develop voluntary and industry-wide standards of public...
by Susan | Sep 18, 2017 | Monuments
“Cold War Horse” was created to acknowledge the history of Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant, its workers, and the surrounding community. During its operation Rocky Flats manufactured parts for nuclear bombs; an estimated 70,000 plutonium triggers were produced at the...
by Susan | Sep 18, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
September 18, 1850 Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, allowing slave owners to reclaim slaves who escaped into another state, and levying harsh penalties on those who would interfere with the apprehension of runaway slaves. As part of the Compromise of 1850, it...
