by Susan | Apr 30, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
April 30, 1996 About 120 activists were arrested over the following eight days in Washington, D.C., in support of a fast by Sister Dianna Ortiz. The Ursuline nun had been kidnapped, tortured, and raped by U.S.-trained and supported Guatemalan Army officers in 1989;...
by Susan | Apr 29, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
April 29, 1968 Actress Vanessa Redgrave was among 826 British anti-nuclear protesters arrested during a London demonstration against the Vietnam...
by Susan | Apr 28, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
April 28, 1965 U.S. troops landed in the Dominican Republic. In an effort to forestall what he claimed would be a “communist dictatorship” in the Dominican Republic, President Lyndon B. Johnson sent more than 22,000 U.S. troops to restore order on the...
by Susan | Apr 27, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
April 27, 1971 Eight members of the Welsh Language Society were accused of conspiring to damage, remove or destroy English language road signs in...
by Susan | Apr 26, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
April 26, 1966 Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales founded the Crusade for Justice, a Chicano activist group, in Denver, Colorado. In the late sixties and early seventies, Corky Gonzales organized and supported high school walkouts, demonstrations against police...
