by Susan | Jul 12, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 12, 1562 Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatán, burned the sacred books of the Maya. He wrote, “We found a large number of books in these characters and, as they contained nothing in which were not to be seen as superstition and lies of the devil,...
by Susan | Jul 11, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 11, 1968 The American Indian Movement (AIM) was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by George Mitchell, Dennis Banks, Clyde Bellecourt and 200 others. They gathered to organize in order to deal with widespread and persistent poverty among native Americans, and...
by Susan | Jul 10, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 10, 2015 An internal report by the American Psychological Association (APA) made public on this day revealed that top leaders of the APA had assisted torture programs operated by the CIA and the Pentagon in the war on terror. The report concluded that the...
by Susan | Jul 9, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 9, 1917 During World War I, Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, leaders of the No-Conscription League, spoke out against the war and the draft. Both were found guilty in New York City of conspiracy against the draft, fined $10,000 each and sentenced to two years’...
by Susan | Jul 8, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 8, 2014 The French Senate voted to ban child beauty pageants for kids under the age of 16. The measure was prompted by a row over a photo shoot in Vogue magazine that showed a girl of 10 with two others, all three in heavy make-up and wearing tight dresses, high...
by Susan | Jul 7, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
July 7, 1917 The Post Office notified the editors The Masses, a leading radical magazine and an outspoken opponent of American involvement in the World War I, that it would be barred from the mails. The Masses challenged the ban and won, but lost on appeal (November...
