Dear Resisters, When I joined WRL’s National Committee in 2017, an unprecedented number of members from diasporic and marginalized communities were also joining, and I was thrilled to be working with a group of people ready to build a truly internationalist antiwar movement. As we acknowledged the many ongoing conflicts, occupations, and wars happening around…
A Call to Action on Puerto Rico, International Campaign for Human Rights in the Philippines, and War Resisters League present a teach-in on the impacts of climate change and militarism. RSVP: On Facebook or Email us at wrl [at] warresisters.org WRL ORGANIZING TEAM STATEMENT ON MILITARISM & CLIMATE CHANGE As an organization that strives to target…
This past summer, WRL National Committee member Debbie Southorn took a moment to collect stories about our past, present, and future. Give it a listen above and stay tuned for more awesome opportunities for future podcasts! If you are a lifelong WRL member with a story to be shared, contact Raúl at raul [at] warresisters.org.
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…
WRL endorses the Honduras Solidarity Network’s statement in solidarity with the Honduran Migrant Caravan. Read their statement below and support all asylum seekers. “On October 12, 2018, hundreds of women, men, children, youth and the elderly decided to leave Honduras as a desperate response to survive. The massive exodus that began in the city of…
War Resisters League endorses call by NYU student activists demanding NYU cancel event hosted by war criminal Henry Kissinger. Read the statement and endorsing organizations below. “The illegal we do immediately, the unconstitutional takes a little longer.” Henry Kissinger, 1975 For over half a century, Henry Kissinger has stood as the morally reprehensible poster…
Dear Community, I graduated high school in the summer of 1966 in Central New York during the tail ends of the Civil Rights Movement and during the height of the U.S.-led wars in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. That summer, almost 400,000 men were drafted. Having lived and been raised in two orphanages and a foster…
Dear Troublemakers, On January 19th, 2003, I was a high school student in Washington D.C., huddled against the wind in a massive crowd all holding up signs declaring we were against the illegal war that was about to start. I didn’t have a full understanding of the history that lead our empire up to that…
Dear Community, My parents were born in Seoul in the fresh aftermath of Japanese colonialism and the Korean War. Before the U.S. split the peninsula with the creation of a border at the 38th parallel, my grandmother waded across rivers in secret, with newborns in tow, so that her family in the north would have…
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UPDATE: Hear the presentations from the Memorial for David McReynolds here. The memorial was held on Saturday, December 1 at 12 PM – 3 PM at Judson Memorial Church in New York. Scroll down for links to more articles about David. Early Friday morning, August 17, socialist, photographer, and lifetime War Resisters League member David…
Hey community, It’s been a few weeks since you helped us get folks out to Detroit for the Allied Media Conference to attend our workshop Liberate the Skies: The New Antimilitarism – thanks for helping us get folks there! The first of its kind at the AMC, the workshop was an intentional space for us…
The full statement and endorsement is below and can also be found here. Since the historic April 27 summit between the leaders of North and South Korea at Panmunjom, longstanding tensions and war threats on the Korean peninsula have given way to the promise of peace and reconciliation. Soon, another historic summit, between the United…
As long as there has been war, there’s been those who are willing to fight and those who actively refuse to take part. Today, on International Conscientious Objector Day, we uplift all who refuse military enlistment morally, politically, spiritually, or otherwise. Throughout history conscientious objectors (COs) have been persecuted around the world for their actions, from petty fees to imprisonment, exile…
Dear Friends, I’m Sky Hall, a member of WRL’s National Committee, sustainer at WRL, and neighbor to WRL as a member of the AJ Muste Institute’s staff union in our new shared office space. In this year of transitions—some exciting and others foreboding on a presidential scale—WRL bid farewell to our beloved home of…
Dear Friends, I’d be quick to tell you that I’m queer. HIV positive. Puerto Rican. But antiwar? This past February, yearning for a political home rooted in social justice, I found the War Resisters League. As an intern with WRL I branded the launch to WRL’s No Swat Zone campaign. I spoke at a press…
Dear Friends, Normally, WRL takes no stance on electoral politics. As we watched the field of candidates narrow to two enthusiastic friends of war-making and militarism over the past year, we are now just beginning to learn how the President-elect will go about unleashing the kind of violence that ruptures the lives of entire countries,…
Dear Friends, My name is Ana Conner, and I’m a fundraiser at Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice. I’m also a volunteer and monthly sustainer at WRL. Specifically, as someone who is a part of the movement and works to secure funding for social justice, I’m calling on you to join me in supporting WRL. Here’s…
— 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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