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...
by Susan | Nov 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
November 22, 1972 Circumpolar peoples from Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Norway and Sweden met in Copenhagen to demand self-government and control over Arctic land and...
by Susan | Nov 7, 2016 | Monuments, Uncategorized
Most descriptions of the elaborate statue that stands in Peace Circle in front of the US Capitol begin, “The Peace Monument is a war memorial . . . ” It was erected in 1877-78 to commemorate naval deaths at sea during the Civil War, and was originally...
by Susan | Oct 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
October 28, 2007 Tens of thousands of landless Indian farmers and tribal people reached Delhi after a three-week march of 200 miles for land...
by Susan | Oct 12, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history, Uncategorized
October 12, 2006 In Colombia hundreds of Bari Indians, most clad in loincloths and carrying bows and arrows, came down from the hills in their first march ever to demand that the state-owned oil company stop drilling on sacred land abutting their...
by Susan | Sep 30, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history, Uncategorized
September 30, 1964 The British play “Oh What a Lovely War” opened at Broadhurst Theater, New York City, for 125 performances. In a series of a song-and-dance vignettes, the play follows the Smith family, who initially view World War I with sunny optimism...
