A Quaker Calendar of Active Nonviolence

November
1 Philip Noel-Baker 1889-1982 English diplomat, politician & peacemaker Nobel Peace Prize 1959	2 Norman Morrison 1933-1965 Vietnam War protestor immolates himself, Pentagon, Washington 2/11/1965	3 Ahmad Nader Nadery 1974-human rights activist, head of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission	4 East Berlin, East Germany 500,000 join reform protests 4/11/1989	5 Judith Cook responds personally to her fears of war and is supported to form \'Voice of Women\' in the UK	6 Pass Law March as Gandhi leads 2500 Indians in an illegal border crossing, South Africa 6/11/1913	7 US Catholic Workers burn draft cards, New York 6/11/1965
8 Dorothy Day 1897-1980 Co-founder with Peter Maurin of Catholic Worker Movement	9 Roger Allen LaPorte 1943-1965 Vietnam War protestor immolates himself in New York 9/11/1965	10 Ken Saro-Wiwa 1941-1995 Nigerian human rights campaigner executed 10/11/1995	11 Martin of Tours, conscientious objector and bishop c.316-397	12 Baha\'u\'llah 1817-1892 Founder of Baha\'i faith born 12/11/1817	13 Plowshares Four enter US nuclear submarine base 14/11/1982	14 Aaron Copland 1900-1990 American composer and peace activist
15 Ghaffar Khan 1890–1988 Devout Muslim leader of the nonviolent force, Khudai Khidmatgar	16 Hugh of Lincoln 1135-1200 Bishop, reformer and war tax resistor	17 Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama 1935- enthroned as Head of State of Tibet 17/11/1950	18 Gulf Peace Team arrives in Baghdad, Iraq to nonviolently intercede in the imminent Gulf War, 18/11/1990	19 Vigil by the Christian Collective outside the G20 meeting, Melbourne 17-19/11/2006	20 Occupation by 100,000 of Wenceslas Square, Prague 20/11/1989	21 Orange Revolution in Ukraine follows election on 21/11/2004
22 William White Conscientious objector, forcibly inducted into the Australian army 22/11/1966	23 Union Eight refuse military service on 16/10/1940 and are jailed for a year	24 Citizens Against Freeways re-build Alexandra Barricade to stop F19, Melbourne 24/11/1977	25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November	26 Adolfo Perez Esquivel 1931- Nonviolent human rights campaigner Nobel Peace Laureate 1980	27 Simon Townsend 1945-Conscientous Objector to the Vietnam war and high-profile Australian journalist	28 David Hartsough & Nonviolent Peaceforce
29 Fr Walter Lini & Vanua-aku Pati proclaim People\'s Provisional Government, Vanuatu 29/11/1977	30 Daintree rainforest blockade starts, north Queensland Australia 30/11/1983

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