Today in history

April 12
1898
Novelist Emile Zolaexposes rampant French anti-Semitism & a military cover up in the Dreyfus Affair with publication of J’accuse!
1898
Birthday of Danish playwright & priest Kaj Munk, whose outspoken sermons & plays during World War II led to his execution by the Nazis.
1937
60,000 students across the U.S. took part in the first nationwide student strike. The protest was against participation in any war.

Posters from the anti-war movement of the 1930’s

1971
The first European demonstration against nuclear power was held in Fessenheim, France.

1988
U.S. Supreme Court rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers, plays & other expressive activities.
1993
Vigil against arrival of ship bringing plutonium for nuclear reactor, Tokai, Japan.