by Susan | Jun 6, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
June 6, 1936 The Senate approved the La Follette Committee, which investigated violations of the civil liberties of workers and labor unions by employers. The official name of the committee was the Subcommittee Investigating Violations of Free Speech and the Rights of...
by Susan | Jun 5, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
June 5, 1970 President Richard Nixon convened a meeting with the heads of all the intelligence agencies and demanded new measures against anti-Vietnam war protests and what he saw as other threats to an orderly society. The meeting was prompted by the massive anti-war...
by Susan | Jun 4, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
June 4, 1974 President Richard Nixon abolished the notorious Attorney General’s List of Subversive Organizations, which was a major instrument in the attack on freedom of belief and association during the Cold War. The list was ordered by President Harry Truman as...
by Susan | Jun 3, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
June 3, 1839 In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroyed 20,000 chests (about 1.2 tons) of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War. In the 17th and 18th Century the Western demand...
by Susan | Jun 2, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
June 2, 1774 One of the Intolerable Acts, the Quartering Act, was enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided. This eventually lead to...
by Susan | Jun 1, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history, Uncategorized
June 1, 1771 A crowd of women was arrested while destroying the fences around Rewhay Common, England, in attempt to resist the enclosures of the commons that was occurring throughout the country. Prior to the enclosures in England, a portion of the land was...
