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Greensboro lunch counter, nonviolent sit-in to protest segregated lunch counters 1/2/1960 |
2
Bertrand Russell 1872-1970 Philosopher, anti-war & anti-nuclear activist |
3
Ciaron O'Reilly 1960 - Australian Catholic Worker and nonviolent activist arrested in Ireland 3/2/2003 |
4
Ham Sok Hon 1901-1989 Korean nonviolence leader and reform activist |
5
Oscar Oliviera leads protests against high water prices, Bolivia 4-5/2/2000 |
6
Yusuf Dadoo 1909-1983 South African passive resistance leader with Dr Monty Naicker, jailed Feb 1941 |
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| 8
Fairlead Five of SOS opposing conscription are arrested in Melbourne 8/2/1971 |
9
Jewish nonviolent resistance to Pilate after installation of Roman statues c. 30 C.E.. |
10
Beko Ransome-Kuti 1940-2006 Nigerian doctor and fearless human rights campaigner. |
11
Josei Toda 1900-1958 Japanese peace activist and war resister Founder of Soka Gakkai |
12
Freedom Ride in Australia led by aboriginal students Charles Perkins & Gary Williams 12-26/2/1965 |
13
James Lawson 1928-Nonviolence trainer, activist, and conscientious objector, leads civil rights movement Nashville 1960 |
14
Iraq War Protests Massive rallies in Australia and worldwide 14/2/2003 |
| 15
Susan B. Anthony 1820-1906 US campaigner for temperance, anti-slavery and women\'s suffrage |
16
Frederick Douglass ca.1818-1895 Escaped slave & abolitionist leader, US government official |
17
The Wilderness Society in Australia established forest blockade to save Gippsland wilderness forest 17/2/2006 |
18
Ferenc Deak 1803-1876 Successful Hungarian nonviolence leader |
19
Rainforest Action Groups blockade Mayfair importing SE Asian rainforest timber, Sydney 19/2/1990. |
20
School teachers, Norway refuse to teach under the Nazi Quisling scheme on 20/2/1942 |
21
Luis Eduardo Guerra ?-2006 Colombian human rights and peace activist, murdered 21/2/2006 |
| 22
Stacy Lynn Merkt & Sanctuary workers for refugees from injustice, arrested 1984 |
23
Donald Groom 1913-1972 Quaker peaceworker and nonviolence advocate |
24
Pace e Bene Australia Franciscan lay group promoting the spirituality and practice of active nonviolence |
25
Philippines People Power topples the dictator Ferdinand Marcos 25/2/1986 |
26
Nyack Declaration I Will Not Kill formulated at Nyack, New York, USA 18-21/2/2005 |
27
Mordechai Vanunu 1954- Israeli objector to nuclear war, and prisoner for freedom of speech |
28
Linus Pauling 1901-1994 US Scientist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1962 |
| 29
Desmond Tutu arrested with 100 clergy at anti-apartheid rally, Capetown 29/2/1988 |
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