by Susan | Jul 1, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
July 1, 1853 The San Antonio Zeitung, a “Social-Democratic Newspaper for the Germans in West Texas,” began weekly publication as San Antonio’s first German-language newspaper under the editorship of C. D. Adolph Douai, a German-born scholar, teacher,...
by Susan | Jun 30, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
June 30, 1966 The first GIs—known as the Fort Hood Three, U.S. Army Privates James Johnson, Dennis Mora and David Samas—refused to be sent to Vietnam. All were members of the 142nd Signal Battalion, 2nd Armored Division stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. The three were...
by Susan | Jun 29, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
June 29, 1963 A mass “walk-on” (trespass) was organized at a chemical and biological warfare facility in Porton Down, England. These weaponized agents had been researched and produced there since 1916; it’s now known as the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory....
by Susan | Jun 28, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
June 28, 1962 In 1957, Austin folklorist and radio storyteller John Henry Faulk ran afoul of AWARE, a New York-based for-profit company that vetted entertainers for communist leanings during the height of the Cold war. His radio career ended, and he sued for libel. On...
by Susan | Jun 27, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
June 27, 1942 Hans Scholl and Alex Schmorell wrote the first four of six leaflets, called the “Leaves of the White Rose,” attacking the Nazi regime and listing its crimes, from the mass extermination of Jews, to the dictatorship and the elimination of the personal...
