May 15th is International Conscientious Objectors day.
Around the world, peace and justice activists and organizers will be remembering the generations who refused to go to war, and raising awareness of the many who continue to be persecuted and imprisoned for refusing to kill.
For info on actions around the globe, check out War Resisters International.
“Other histories had been possible for Iraq, and indeed might yet be possible. The social basis for the Popular Movement to Save Iraq remains, even if in the shadows. It is the only force that could provide an alternative to the history of blood that stands before Iraq, the nest of bones, the sky of death.” – Vijay Prashad, from…
On Saturday, April 9, 2011 WRL members and members of many other peace and justice groups will be meeting at the Gandhi statue at Union Square West and 15th Street at 12pm. WESPAC and WRL are also calling for group participation in a feeder march to Union Square that will leave at 11:30am from the…
Resources for Organizing WRL is in the process of creating a web-based handbook for people organizing for October 5th. That will include tools for organizing to bring people to Washington, and tools for people planning regional actions. Until that is ready, we encourage you to refer to the following resources. The basic scenario for the…
At Ninety-Five, the War Resisters League Tries New Tactics “We’re acknowledging the many ways militarization shows up in our lives and neighborhoods.” by Eleanor J. Bader | October 24, 2018 Read on The Progressive When educator Jesse Wallace Hughan founded the War Resisters League in 1923 in the wake of WWI, her focus was on ending armed conflict. Ninety-five years…
Arthur Harvey was born in Ridgewood, NJ on June 8, 1932. He was 10 when his parents divorced, so he was sent to live with several families at the School of Living, a back-to-the-land communal movement then based in Ohio. A few years later he moved back east to live with his mother in New…
— placeholder — — placeholder — This December, we’re raising $20,000 to end war! Here are a few reasons to give this year. Click the images to read more, and check out for weekly updates! We’re 93 years young. We’re prepared to struggle and win. We’re…
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