by Susan | Oct 8, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
October 8, 1979 Seven young Saami activists calling themselves the Saami Action Group (SAG) set up a traditional Saami tent outside the parliament building in Oslo, Norway 3,000 km from Alta, where a controversial hydroelectric dam was planned. Their action had been...
by Susan | Oct 7, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
October 7, 2004 Members of PETA (People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals) protested by wearing sheep masks outside the Australian embassy in London. The protest claimed that the practice of live exports of sheep from Australia and New Zealand is...
by Susan | Oct 5, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
October 5, 1877 Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Indians surrendered to U.S. General Nelson A. Miles in the Bear Paw mountains of Montana, declaring, “Hear me, my chiefs: My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.” His people...
by Susan | Oct 4, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
October 4, 1997 Demonstrations across the country occurred protesting the scheduled launch of the space probe Cassini because its power source was three plutonium-fueled Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators. The probe carried 72.3 pounds of plutonium, the most ever...
by Susan | Oct 3, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
October 3, 1981 A hunger strike by Irish nationalists at the Maze Prison in Belfast in Northern Ireland was called off after seven months and 10 deaths. The first to die was Bobby Sands, the imprisoned Irish Republican Army (IRA) leader who initiated the protest on...
