by Susan | Sep 7, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 7, 2013 Thousands of Cambodians, many holding lotus flowers symbolizing peace, joined a mass protest in the capital Phnom Penh in a last-ditch bid to challenge Prime Minister Hun Sen’s disputed election...
by Susan | Sep 6, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 6, 2011 In Swaziland more than 1,000 people marched through the main city of Manzini in one of the largest protests yet against Africa’s last absolute monarch, King Mswati...
by Susan | Sep 5, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 5, 2013 In Indonesia some 1,000 members of the Islamic group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia resumed protests against the Miss World pageant to be held over the weekend in Bali. The week before, the Indonesia Ulema Council, whose fatwas are followed by many devoted...
by Susan | Sep 4, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history, Uncategorized
September 4, 1970 During the Labor Day weekend of September 4–7, 1970, Operation RAW (“Rapid American Withdrawal”) took place. It was a three-day protest march from Morristown, New Jersey, to Valley Forge State Park in Pennsylvania by over 200 veterans....
by Susan | Sep 3, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 3, 1940 In France more than 700,000 books were seized from bookshops and destroyed. The “Otto lists,” or liste Otto, were comprised of books banned by the German occupying authorities in Vichy France. By September, 1940, 1,060 titles were on the list....
by Susan | Sep 2, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 2, 1885 A mob of white coal miners, led by the Knights of Labor, violently attacked their Chinese co-workers in Rock Springs, Wyoming, killing 28 and burning the homes of 75 Chinese families. The white miners wanted the Chinese barred from working in the...
