by Susan | Sep 2, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
September 2, 2009 Vietnamese authorities arrested blogger Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh at her home in Nha Trang. Quynh’s arrest was the latest in a series of police moves against writers who criticized government policies toward China. The government tightened its...
by Susan | Sep 1, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
September 1, 1987 The Olof Palme Peace March began, an 18-day-long transnational peace march/demonstration that took place in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany.). The peace march involved people from West Germany, East Germany and Czechoslovakia. It began...
by Susan | Aug 31, 2017 | Good to Know!
September 1-4 Eid al Adha – Islam September 1 First Parkash – Sikhism September 4 Ksamavani – Jainism September 5 Zhōngyuán Jié [Ghost Festival] – Taoism September 7 Pitr-paksha or Mahalay Paksha – Hinduism September 8 Nativity of Virgin Mary – Christian...
by Susan | Aug 31, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
August 31, 2015 U.S. President Barack Obama restored the Native American name of Alaska’s Mount McKinley, the tallest North American peak; the mountain reverted to its former name of...
by Susan | Aug 30, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
August 30, 2015 120,000 of protesters rallied outside Japan’s parliament in Tokyo to oppose a proposed constitutional change that could see troops in the officially pacifist nation engage in combat for the first time since World War II. Protesters chanted “No to war...
