by Susan | Sep 18, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
September 18, 1850 Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, allowing slave owners to reclaim slaves who escaped into another state, and levying harsh penalties on those who would interfere with the apprehension of runaway slaves. As part of the Compromise of 1850, it...
by Susan | Sep 17, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
September 17, 1787 The US Constitution was officially adopted, in...
by Susan | Sep 16, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
September 16, 1973 Victor Jara (b.1932), one of the best-known members of Latin America’s “New Song” folk movement, died. He had been arrested after the Chilean military coup that overthrew Allende and taken to a soccer stadium used as a detention...
by Susan | Sep 15, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
September 15, 2012 In Moscow, tens of thousands protest against Vladimir Putin, chanting, ‘We are the power here!’ and ‘Russia without...
by Susan | Sep 14, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
September 14, 1989 An ACT UP (the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) protest of pharmaceutical price-gouging on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange stopped trading for the first time in...
by Susan | Sep 13, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
September 13, 1989 30 000 people from Capetown, South Africa from a diverse cross-section of the city marched in support of peace and the end of apartheid. The event, led by Mayor Gordon Oliver, Archbishop Tutu, Rev Frank Chikane, Moulana Farid Esack, Allan Boesak,...
