by Susan | Jun 11, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
June 11, 1962 Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held its founding convention in Michigan and issued The Port Huron Statement, laying out its principles and program. “In social change or interchange, we find violence to be abhorrent because it requires generally...
by Susan | Jun 10, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
June 10, 1917 The Women’s Peace Crusade in Scotland launched a three-week campaign of street meetings and demonstrations in dozens of towns to build support for peace in the midst of what was then called The Great War (now known as World War...
by Susan | Jun 9, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
June 9, 1954 Army counsel Joseph Welch confronted Sen. Joseph McCarthy on the 30th day of Senate hearings investigating Communist activity in the Army, saying, “Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?” at which point, the...
by Susan | Jun 8, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
June 8, 1975 In response to revelations that the CIA had undertaken secret plots to assassinate foreign leaders, Attorney General Edward H. Levi stated that presidents do not have the authority to order the assassination of foreign leaders. A year later, on February...
by Susan | Jun 7, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
June 7, 1893 Mohandas K. Gandhi, then a young Indian lawyer working in South Africa, refused to comply with racial segregation rules on a South African train and is forcibly ejected at Pietermaritzburg. It was his first act of civil...
by Susan | Jun 6, 2016 | 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...
