Top Pun’s Puns Not Guns Peace Blog

December 22, 1943
A 135-day strike by 23 conscientious objectors (COs) ended dining hall segregation at Danbury Federal Penitentiary in Connecticut. The number of conscientious objectors had increased from 15 in early 1941 to 200 by the time of the strike.
December 22, 1967
Radio Free Alcatraz was broadcast for the first time from Berkeley’s Pacifica radio station, KPFA.
December 22, 1982
Congress passed the first Boland Amendment (411-0) which prohibited covert efforts by the President to overthrow the Nicaraguan government.
 

Note: This Day in Peace History material is adapted by Top Pun 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.

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