Home Is Where WRL Is: A History of WRL’s Office Spaces: From a Living Room to a Loft (Part I)

In our 100 year history, the WRL national office, surprisingly, has had only a few locations in New York City. Each was unique in its own way.

Spring 1972: Blockades by the Bay and the June 10th New Jersey Action

Former WRL staffer and longtime pacifist activist Wendy Schwartz reflects on the People's Blockade of the Earle Naval Ammunitions Depot in spring 1972, the arrests of protestors, and her father's work to bail out jailed protestors.

WRL Volunteers: Mid Century

Long-time WRL staffer Wendy Schwartz reflects on volunteers who helped in the WRL office in the mid-20th century. WWI and WWII draft resisters, an FBI informer, and many others did office work at 5 Beekman Street and later at the Peace Pentagon.