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…
The War Resisters League seeks to hire two passionate and dedicated individuals to make up its core programmatic team. The National Campaigner and the Field Organizer will work together to coordinate, develop, and implement WRL programmatic work, including building campaigns to fulfill WRL’s mission and strategic priorities. We are seeking two experienced and committed grassroots…
The People’s Human Rights Observatory is an initiative of grassroots and popular organizations in Latin America, the Caribbean and Palestine that seeks to monitor, document, disseminate, promote and demand the protection of Latin American communities Human Rights, Democracy and Social Justice from a perspective of constructing and deepening of resistance, rebellion, memory and popular power….
As energy builds across the country for March for Our Lives mobilizations tomorrow, WRL calls on all anti-militarists to push the narrative of gun control to full disarmament! Once again, as our country recoils in outrage after another mass shooting at Great Mills High School in Maryland, as family and friends of Stephon Clark demand justice…
Protestors told de Blasio to denounce prince visit; told Schumer & Menendez to immediately commit to vote to end US support for Saudi war on Yemen CONTACTS: New York, NY: Isaac Evans-Frantz, 347-756-1896, actioncorps.nyc [at] gmail.com Washington, DC: Ariel Gold, 510-599-5330, ariel [at] codepink.org Tuesday the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, is meeting with…
Today marks 15 years since the U.S. invasion of Iraq. While we rally in the streets to demand accountability for the violence visited upon Iraqis for more than a decade, our collective responsibility to dismantle militarism wherever it roots, in whatever form it takes, cannot be ignored. That’s why, as we look towards a future…
Human Rights Coalition Blasts CIA Torturer as Trump’s Pick for CIA Head March 15th, 2018 – Washington, D.C. A coalition of human rights groups working to close the Guantanamo Bay prison and end US torture condemns President Trump’s nomination of Gina Haspel for Director of the CIA. Haspel’s documented involvement in torture should absolutely disqualify…
Movement Technologist Statement We work with information technology. Some of us are movement technologists — people who bring their political commmitment to developing technology and tech capacity for social justice organizations and communities. Others are movement activists who use technology in our work. We were among over 50 technologists and organizations of…
OBITUARY WILLIAM W. KOEHNLEIN (1949-2017) ANNOUNCEMENT: Celebrating the Life of Bill Koehnlein Saturday, March 24, 2018 Saint Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery Parish Hall 131 East 10th Street (at Second Avenue) New York, NY 10003 1:00-4:00pm William (Bill) W. Koehnlein, life-long peace and social justice activist, organizer and educator, died in Manhattan on November 19, 2017, after…
MEDIA CONTACT: Isaac Evans-Frantz, Action Corps NYC Organizer, 347-756-1896, actioncorps.nyc [at] gmail.com (actio) #YemenCantWait Rally Draws 28 Organizations and Reps from Schumer, Gillibrand Offices “I long for the day when Yemen is free of war and destruction and where the Yemeni people can live in peace. It is incumbent on the UN and all nations to call…
JOB OPENING at National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee The National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (NWTRCC) is looking for applicants for its Coordinator position, to start May 2018. NWTRCC, founded in 1982, is a national coalition of organizations and individuals who work together to support, coordinate, and publicize war tax resistance efforts. The Coordinator…
As I write this message to you, I am also responding to voicemail messages describing heavy aerial bombardments near my family’s home in Sana’a, Yemen. Alongside devastating blockades, this is the daily reality for 27 million Yemenis forced to live through the horrors of a U.S.-backed, Saudi-led war. At the same time, these messages remind…
While Trump escalates long-standing US complicity in the catastrophic war on Yemen through its arming of Saudi Arabia and more, we are deeply inspired by the launch of مجلة صنعاء “Sanaa Review“: an e-zine by Yemenis that cuts through silence and distortion, bringing us the brilliance of independent Yemeni journalism, art and thought now. This media work…
Joanne Landy, a visionary that inspired so many of us striving for a world free of war and oppression, died October 14 in Manhattan. She was 75. Joanne – whose imagination rejected the binaries that so often limit our political work – spent a lifetime engaged in a “neither East nor West” critique of Cold War politics. She was a co-founder…
Yesterday North Korea fired a ballistic missile at Hokkaido Island– the first missile of its kind to fly over Japan amidst rising global tensions. Meanwhile, US and South Korean military exercises continue while Trump renews threats of escalation, fueling an all too costly arms race. As the international community calls for diplomatic solutions, today we turn…
Published July 6th 2017 on The New Inquiry No SWAT Zone: Resisting Police Militarization Under Trump By Tara Tabassi and Ali Issa A volunteer screams in pain as Hollywood-grade prosthetics litter a football field strewn with body parts and gore. A “Muslim man” just fired from his job returns to his office as…
This past weekend, thousands across the country mobilized in airports, in defiance of the executive order “Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States”, popularly known as the #MuslimBan. From taxi drivers and Yemeni business owners striking to lawyers, translators and protesters flooding arrivals halls, it was exhilarating. At the same time,…
“What next?” The big question after our weekend of resistance. Movements are made of large demos, lobbying and grassroots campaigns. But nonviolent actions are most effective as part of nonviolent campaigns and we need build our skills to build campaigns. We need tools to organize campaigns. Our “Handbook for Nonviolent…
MEDIA ADVISORY For immediate release 1/6/17 Conect: Ali Issa, Organizer, War Resisters League Cell: (718)310-9968 ali [at] warresisters.org () warresisters.org Activists Call on DOJ to End Widespread Teargas Torture in US Prisons before Trump Inauguration New testimony from 21 states – backed by a petition signed by 13,000 – reveals the breadth of…
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…
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