| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1
Mine Ban Convention (Ottawa Treaty) Entry into Force 1/3/1999 |
2
Barbara Deming 1917-1984 US feminist and nonviolent activist |
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| 3
Worldwide readings of Lysistrata 3/3/2003 |
4
Quaker presence at Faslane 365 protest against Trident nuclear submarines 4-5/3/2007 |
5
Anti-nuclear World Bike Ride 1982-1984 begins Canberra 6/3/1982, enroute to Darwin, Japan and Europe 6/3/1982 |
6
CODEPINK members arrested when presenting petition to US mission at UN, New York 6/3/2006 |
7
Felix Mainz Mennonite martyr for freedom of religious worship c.1498-1527 |
8
International Women\'s Day 8 March annually |
9
Tom Fox 1951-2006 Christian Peacemaker Team member, Iraq |
| 10
Vykom Satyagraha, India breaks the taboo against \'untouchables\' 1924-25 |
11
Salt March by Gandhi and 76 followers starts at Ahmedabad 11/3/1930 |
12
St Maximilian 273-295 Christian martyr for conscientious objection to military service on 12/3/295 |
13
Sydney Carter 1915-2004 Pacifist poet and composer |
14
Morgan Tsvangirai & Movement for Democratic Change, Zimbabwe protests in March 2007 |
15
Fort Lawton, USA nonviolent occupation leads to 77 arrests 15/3/1970. |
16
Rachel Corrie died resisting bulldozing of Palestinian refugee home16/3/2003 |
| 17
Failure of the Kapp Putsch following nonco-operation by the government, Germany 1920 |
18
War Resisters International founded 16/3/1921 |
19
Tolpuddle Martyrs 1834 English farm labourers penalised for joining a workers organisation |
20
George & Lillian Willoughby US nonviolence activists, PBI supporters & the 1958 The Golden Rule trip |
21
Jesus Founder of Christian nonviolence martyred AD 30 |
22
Neville Watson 1929- Australian lawyer, minister and nonviolent interventionist in war |
23
Peace village San José, Colombia founded 23/3/1997 |
| 24
Oscar Romero 1917-1980 El Salvadoran priest & defender of the poor martyred 24/3/1980 |
25
Selma-to- Montgomery, USA civil rights march 21-25/3/1965 |
26
Caroline Chisholm 1808-1877 Philanthropist and defender of poor women in colonial Australia |
27
Sulak Sivaraksa 1933- Thailand Alternative Nobel Prize (Right Livelihood Award) 1995 |
28
Eleanor Moore 1875-1949 Australian peace campaigner and the Sisterhood of International Peace |
29
Lake Pedder, Australia pioneer environmental action group Save Lake Pedder Committee formed 29/3/1967 |
30
Cause of Vieques nonviolent campaign ends when US Navy leaves final Puerto Rico base 31/3/2004 |
| 31
Cesar Chavez 1927-1993 US Labour leader and defender of the agricultural poor |
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