I am ashamed to say that I did not know this month was dedicated to Women’s History until I read this lovely rundown of historical moments by Alas, a Blog. In keeping up with the theme, bean is continuing posting events in women’s history that have happened on each particular day in January. These are in keeping […]
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Today is the anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and the start of World War II for the United States. When I was younger, I used to get this day mixed up with my father’s birthday, which was yesterday, the 6th. “No dear,” my Dad would say. “I was born on the 6th, war […]
On the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr and the National Civil Rights Museum: Visitors pass through displays depicting African-American life in the Jim Crow South, honoring early civil rights pioneers like Ida B. Wells and describing seminal events like the 1955-56 bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. Finally they come to the […]
In some ways I regret my Peaceblog no more writing, not because I don’t believe what I wrote — I do. And not because I feel like I’m selling out — I’m not. It seems to me this issue is on the minds of other people who marched and worked for peace. And it’s not an easy issue to discuss either. […]
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Peaceblog no more
I have removed the Peaceblog logo from the sidebar. I’m not sure at this point exactly what a peaceblog is. After three difficult days of thinking, I’m not sure what ‘peace’ is. Before the invasion, ‘peace’ meant to me working to prevent my country from invading Iraq without good and decent cause and world support. […]