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 | Oct 11, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
October 11, 1992 The AIDS coalition ACT UP held its first political funeral in Washington, DC. A funeral procession began at the Capitol and ended by scattering the ashes of loved ones on the White House...
by Susan | Oct 10, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
October 10, 2007 In Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, Police evicted 65 rebellious nuns from a convent they illegally occupied for two years after defying a Vatican order to replace their mother superior, a charismatic leader who had religious visions. The defeated nuns walked...
by Susan | Oct 9, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
October 9, 1968 About 2,000 students from Queen’s University Belfast tried to march to Belfast City Hall in protest against ‘police brutality’ on 5 October in Derry; the march was blocked by loyalists led by Ian Paisley and after the demonstration, a...
by Susan | Oct 8, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
October 8, 2003 In Arizona officials at Safford Middle School strip-searched Savana Redding (13) after she was suspected of distributing 4 ibuprofen pills. In 2009 the US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the school officials had violated her...
