Rosa Luxemburg born Zamość, Poland March 5, 1871 (murdered 1919). Anti-militarist; revolutionary. Early Marxist critic of Soviet bureaucracy; opposed World War I.
"Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters." (Die Russische Revolution, p. 109; photo Wikipedia)
Margaret Brinton Lykes born New Orleans, LA March 3, 1949. Professor of Community-Cultural Psychology; recorded trauma of Guatemalan war.
“As an anti-racist, feminist-activist scholar, I have been engaged in human rights and peacemaking efforts in Latin America, Northern Ireland, and South Africa, and joined Women Cross DMZ.” (in Korea; Harvard Div. School, July 9, 2015; photo grassrootsinternational)
Rosemary Lynch born Phoenix, AZ March 18, 1917 (d. 2011). Franciscan nun; poet and storyteller. Revived nuclear test protests, 1977; arrested multiple times. Founded Nevada Desert Experience, 1982; founded nonprofit organization Pace e Bene teaching nonviolence, 1989.
“Even if nuclear weapons were abolished, unless we defuse the bombs in our own hearts, the human family is quite capable of finding other even worse means of destroying life.” (Jim Forest, website On Pilgrimage, Jan. 11, 2011; photo jimandnancyforest.com)
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