by Susan | Jul 30, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 30, 1492 The same month Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain for his “expedition of discovery to the Indies” was the deadline for all “Jews and Jewesses of our kingdoms to depart and never to return . . .” lest they be executed. Under the influence of Fr....
by Susan | Jul 29, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 29, 1972 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the death penalty to be cruel and unusual punishment by a 5-4 vote. The Court called the wide discretion in application of capital punishment, including the appearance of racial bias against black defendants, “arbitrary and...
by Susan | Jul 28, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 28, 1932 Protesters known as the “Bonus Army” who had gathered in the nation’s capital to demand an immediate lump-sum payment of pension benefits for their military service during World War I, were confronted by Federal troops (cavalry, machine-gunners, and...
by Susan | Jul 27, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 27, 1954 The democratically elected Guatemalan government of Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, after receiving 65% of the vote, was overthrown by CIA-paid and -trained mercenaries. There followed a series of military dictatorships that waged a genocidal war against the...
by Susan | Jul 26, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 26, 1998 Three hundred Mexicans and Americans blockaded the Juarez-El Paso bridge in protest of the Texas Radioactive Waste Bill, which permitted the disposal of nuclear waste along the US-Mexico...
