by Susan | Aug 7, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
August 7, 1938 Helen Caldicott “My prescription for action to save the planet is: Love, learn, live, and legislate.” August 12, 1930 George Soros “Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong,...
by Susan | Jul 24, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
July 24, 1959 Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev engaged in a heated debate about capitalism and communism in the middle of a model kitchen set up for the American National Exhibition in...
by Susan | Jul 22, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
July 22, 1756 The Friendly Association for gaining and preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures was founded in Philadelphia. It was comprised primarily of Quakers who wished to pursue peaceful coexistence between the native peoples and the European...
by Susan | Jul 13, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
July 13, 1863 White New Yorkers, mostly the poor Irish immigrants who comprised almost half of the city’s population, began a rampage that is now known as the Draft Riots, still the deadliest civil disorder in US history. It started two days after the drawing...
by Susan | Jul 12, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
July 12, 1917 About 2,000 vigilantes and law enforcement officers forcibly deported 1,185 striking working men associated with the radical Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) labor union and their supporters from Bisbee, Arizona. The deportees were loaded onto...
