This Day in Peace History
September 29, 1943
Six war objectors imprisoned at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, began a hunger strike against censorship of mail and reading material by federal prison authorities.
Birthday of Polish labor leader, president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa.
September 29, 1963
2,000 welfare protesters take over the state capitol building in Madison, Wisconsin.
September 29, 2002
A London crowd estimated at 200,000 to 500,000 protested British and U.S. plans for a “preemptive” invasion of Iraq.
Note: Top Pun’s This Day in Peace History material is adapted from This Week in Peace History, a publication of www.peacebuttons.info, and This Week in Peace & Justice History from the San Antonio Peace Center.