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1
Petra Kelly (1947-1992) German peace activist and Green politician Right Livelihood Award 1982 |
2
Jewish nonviolent protest 50 days against Statue of Caligula 39 C.E. |
3
Peter Norman 1942-2006 Olympic sprinter and civil rights supporter |
4
Dolores Huerta 1930- defender of the poor, USA |
5
Commando de No, Chile, voters deny Pinochet extended term in referendum 5/10/1988 |
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6
Sacred Earth & Space Plowshares II by 3 Dominican sisters 6/10/2002 |
7
MST in Brazil landless farmers occupied Macali land in Ronda Alta, on 7/10/1979 |
8
George Fox 1624-1691 Founder of the Quakers, refused military service, prison release 8/10/1651 |
9
Leipzig Rallies for reform in East Germany follow the Monday Church service 1989 |
10
Fridtjof Nansen 1861-1930 scientist & humanitarian High Commissioner for POWs 1921 Nobel Peace Prize 1922 |
11
Thomas Lurting 1632-1713 British naval sailor turned Quaker returns pirates to their homeland Oct 1663 |
12
Elizabeth Fry 1780-1845 Quaker prison and social reformer |
13
Bob Hunter 1945-2005 Nonviolent environmental activist & legendary Greenpeace leader |
14
William Penn 1644-1718 Quaker leader and founder of the democratic & nonviolent colony Pennsylvania |
15
US National Moratorium against Vietnam War 15/10/1969 |
16
Desmond Tutu 1931- Priest and anti-apartheid campaigner. Nobel Peace Prize 16/10/1984 |
17
Tommie Smith and John Carlos Olympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR) 17/10/1968 |
18
100,000 demonstrate in Sofia, Bulgaria for democratic reforms. 18/10/1989 |
19
John Woolman 1720-1772 Quaker anti-slavery advocate |
20
3000 rally against Bjelke-Petersen ban on street marches leads to 289 arrests, 20/10/1978 |
21
Bill Moyer 1933-2002 Social change theorist and activist, originator of the Movement Action Plan (MAP) |
22
Europeans protest deployment of Pershing nuclear cruise missiles 22/10/1983 |
23
James of Jerusalem, Christian church leader and spiritual teacher, martyred c.62 |
24
Lydia Maria Child 1802-1880 American novelist, abolitionist and social activist |
25
Marguerite Barankitse Burundian humanitarian started food & shelter house for 25 children 25/10/1993 |
26
First Continental Congress, a parallel government in America meets 5/9/-26/10/1774 |
27
William Robinson & Marmaduke Stevenson executed in Boston USA for being Quakers 27/10/1659 |
28
Plowshares GE 5 enter General Electric factory 29/10/1981 |
29
Broken Hill strike, Australia 29/10/1892 6 unionists get 2 years for strike activities seeking reasonable working conditions |
30
Henri Dunant 1828-1910 founder of the Red Cross Nobel Peace Prize 1901 |
31
WRI Die-in at Republican National Convention 31/10/2004 |
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