by Susan | Sep 29, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 29, 1943 Six conscientious objectors, in prison for refusing to cooperate with the draft during WW II, began a hunger strike to protest the censorship of mail and reading material in prison. The strike ended in December 1943. James V. Bennett, head of the...
by Susan | Sep 28, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 28, 1943 In Denmark, underground anti-Nazi activists began systematic smuggling of Jews to Sweden. The Nazis began rounding up Danish Jews on the evening of October 1, Rosh Hashanah. In just three weeks, all but 481 of Denmark’s 8,000 Jews had been...
by Susan | Sep 26, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 26, 2007 The Myanmar military junta began a crackdown on the tens of thousands of Buddhist monks and their lay supporters who nonviolently had taken to the street earlier in the week to protest the repressive...
by Susan | Sep 25, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 25, 1555 The Peace of Augsburg was signed, a treaty between Charles V and the forces of the Schmalkaldic League, an alliance of Lutheran princes, in present-day Bavaria, Germany. It officially ended the religious struggle between the two groups and made the...
by Susan | Sep 24, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 24, 1838 The Anti-Corn Law League was formed, a successful political movement in Great Britain aimed at the abolition of the unpopular Corn Laws, which protected landowners’ interests by levying taxes on imported wheat, thus raising the price of bread at a...
by Susan | Sep 23, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 23, 1957 The “Little Rock Nine” returned to Central High School where they were finally enrolled. Units of the United States Army remained at the school for the rest of the academic year to guarantee their safety. The nine students arrived at Central High...
