by Susan | Sep 10, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 10, 1977 At Baumetes Prison in Marseille, France, Hamida Djandoubi, a Tunisian immigrant convicted of murder, became the last person executed by guillotine. The guillotine first gained fame during the French Revolution when physician and revolutionary...
by Susan | Sep 9, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 9, 1980 Eight activists from the Atlantic Life Community were arrested after hammering the nose cones of two Mark 12 missiles at the General Electric plant in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. This action would become the first of an international movement of...
by Susan | Sep 8, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 8, 2012 The Hong Kong government backed down from its plan to implement “moral and national education” in public schools, a victory for civil society in the semiautonomous Chinese territory. The official about-face came in response to hunger strikes by...
by Susan | Sep 7, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 7, 1968 Feminists and others protested the demeaning image of women at the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Contrary to popular myth, they did not burn their bras; women did throw into a trash can items that were symbols of traditional...
by Susan | Sep 6, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 6, 2006 President Bush asked Congress to pass the Military Commission Act of 2006 which re-defined U.S. obligations under Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions to change the absolute prohibition on inhumane treatment with a “flexible”...
by Susan | Sep 5, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 5, 1882 More than 10,000 workers demanding the 8-hour day marched to protest working conditions in the first-ever U.S. Labor Day parade, held in New York City. About a quarter million New Yorkers turned out to watch. Originally the second Tuesday of the...
