by Susan | Nov 1, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
November 1, 1990 McDonald’s, under pressure from environmental groups, said it would replace plastic food containers with paper. The switch to post-consumer paper made the company one of the biggest buyers of recycled fiber, an important contribution to the growth of...
by Susan | Oct 31, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
October 31, 1687 According to the legend of the Charter Oak, Joseph Wadsworth spirited the Royal Charter of 1662 out of Sanford’s Tavern and the clutches of Sir Edmund Andros, ran across the bridge over the Little River, and deposited it in the hollow of an ancient...
by Susan | Oct 30, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
October 30, 2008 In Italy, protesters including teachers, students and parents, took to the streets over the proposed multi-billion euro education cuts proposed by Prime Minister Silvio...
by Susan | Oct 29, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
October 29, 1888 The Convention of Constantinople was signed by the United Kingdom, Germany, Austro-Hungary, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace....
by Susan | Oct 27, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
October 27, 1967 Catholic priest Philip Berrigan, Tom Lewis, the Reverend James Mengel and David Eberhardt — known as the ‘Baltimore Four’ — protested the Vietnam War by pouring blood on Selective Service records. This was the first of more than 100 draft...
by Susan | Oct 26, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
October 26, 1920 The Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence McSwiney, a playwright, author and politician, died after a two-and-a-half-month hunger strike in a British prison cell, demanding independence for Ireland. The photo is of his coffin being removed from the prison. A...
