After five decades, WRL’s national office has a new home! War Resisters League 168 Canal Street, Suite 600 New York, NY 10013 (We hope to move into the new space in late June.) Last month, we celebrated our history at 339 Lafayette… We packed and moved our things… And honored the spirits of…
April 29, 2016 Elizabeth Proefriedt, sister, friend and activist PRESENTE It is with many tears and mourning hearts, that we announce the passing of our dear friend Sister Liz Proefreidt, longtime peace activist. Liz was a dynamo of love, generosity, faith, commitment to peace and justice, music, poetry, and service, a courageous inspiration to all…
April 30, 2016 Daniel Berrigan, Uncle, Brother, Friend, PRESENTE A statement from the Family of Father Dan Berrigan, SJ This afternoon around 2:30, a great soul left this earth. Close family missed the “time of death” by half an hour, but Dan was not alone, held and prayed out of this plane of existence by…
+ + + For Immediate Release April 26, 2016 Contact: Ali Issa, War Resisters League, ali32123 [at] gmail.com, (718)310-9968 Ursula Rozum, Syracuse Peace Council ursula [at] peacecouncil.net, (315) 414-7720 COMMUNITY GROUPS FROM ACROSS NY STATE HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE TO OPPOSE MILITARIZATION OF POLICE AND SYRACUSE PD PARTICIPATION IN VERONA SWAT EXPO Groups decry extreme anti-Muslim…
Facing Tear Gas: Chemical Weapons Abuse in US Prisons by YaliniDream Multiple letters from Mount Olive Correctional Complex (MOCC) in West Virginia, report at least 5-7 imprisoned people are sprayed by tear gas, pepper spray or other chemical agents each week. First-hand testimonies refer to the guards’ lax references to the frequent use of these…
Every year in Verona, New York, hundreds of SWAT officers gather at NYTOAC to “talk shop” with major arms dealers and Islamophobic ideologues. Let’s block it and shift resources where they belong: our communities’ needs! For a recent article by Naomi Dann of Jewish Voices for Peace + Ali Issa of WRL, Read here! …
Gloria Williams, 1950-2016 Gloria Williams, longtime WRL stalwart and former National Committee member, writer, journalist, and videographer, committed pacifist and indefatigable fighter for social justice, died February 29 in Iowa City after a long illness. She was 65. Gloria wrote about the threat of genetically engineered food and about the detainees at Guantanamo. She…
Happy International Women’s Day! Hi! We are members of the New York City chapter of AF3IRM–a national organization of women engaged in transnational feminist, anti-imperialist activism. Join AF3IRM & War Resisters League today as we celebrate our herstories and engage in a collective retelling of history to include women, queer, and trans community members. As we…
25 years ago today a tragedy took place: The U.S. bombing of the Amiriyah Shleter in Baghdad. To mark this day, and look towards a world where such violence is not possible, we join members of the Iraqi Transnational Collective in spreading the following reflection, art, analysis and action. Resisting Amnesia: 25 Years After the Al Amiriyah…
War Resisters League is proud to join our comrades in A.J. Muste Institute, Campaign to Bring Mumia Home, Iraq Veterans Against the War, National Lawyers Guild, Granny Peace Brigade and Time’s Up in a legal challenge to the military’s spying of antiwar activists in the Pacific Northwest. For more information, read the National Lawyers Guild’s…
Our comrades in the Rasmea Defense Committee are calling for support! Rasmea Odeh, a long time immigrant rights leader and Arab community organizer is currently facing imprisonment and deportation. Join the War Resisters League in circulating this call, and help us amplify Rasmea’s fight against politically motivated charges today! Learn more about Rasmea’s case here,…
On this MLK day, let us recall Dr. Martin Luther King’s deepest legacy. He understood that denouncing the violent extremism of young, angry men in the ghettos could not be done without hypocrisy unless one also condemned the far greater violence of the U.S. war machine in Vietnam. When governments decide political problems can be…
War Resister’s League’s very own Uruj Ehsan Sheikh just published on www.muslimmatters.org! 9 Tips for Muslims Who Want To Make Social Change We are in a historic moment. Renewed Islamophobia has emerged in the mainstream. GOP candidates’ anti-Muslim rhetoric and an upsurge of hate crimes against Muslims have gone unabated. The Syrian and Iraqi refugee…
by Bob Wing and Max Elbaum originally published on Znet, 12.23.15 “The wake-up call is right there in the front page headline of the Dec. 11 New York Times: ‘Poll Has Trump Gaining Ground on Terror Fear.’ [ . . . ] Understand that the fight against racism cannot be won just by struggling around domestic…
Needing some cartoon-style popular education to start the conversation on police militarization, its federal funding and the militarization of emergency services? Check out these two that our friend and cartoonist comrade Ethan Heitner drew for War Resisters League, as part of the Stop Urban Shield work! Check out Ethan Heitner’s blog Freedom Funnies…
We’re excited to announce the winners of our 27th Annual Raffle for Resistance! This year’s raffle items are a collection of powerful art highlighting political artists whose works nourish movements for peace and liberation telling stories of resilience, struggle for liberation and connect contemplation and action across communities. Congratulations to all the winners! Grand…
IBRAHIM ABDIL-MU’ID RAMEY: AN APPRECIATION (May Allah ta’Ala forgive him all his sins and grant him the highest of Jannah) By Matt Meyer Ibrahim Abdil-Mu’id Ramey (Clayton), who passed away yesterday, Friday, 11th of December 2015, was a dynamic speaker, fine writer, and keen strategic thinker – but he devoted most of his adult life…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Over 800 New Yorkers Rally for HUMAN RIGHTS TRUMP OPPRESSION, International Solidarity Action for Syrian and Iraqi Refugees, and Muslims CONTACT: Linda Sarsour: lindasarsour [at] gmail.com (917) 306-3323 Jamila Hammami: jamila [at] qdep.org (347) 496-8490 Over 800 New Yorkers Rally for HUMAN RIGHTS TRUMP OPPRESSION, International Solidarity Action for…
From November 22nd through December 1st, a delegation of 14 members of Witness Against Torture–WRLs sibiling organization including three members of WRL–returned to Cuba and brought their demand to shutdown Guantanamo Bay straight to the U.S. naval base and detention center. It’s hard to believe that just 10 years ago, 25 people walked to…
As you plan your gift giving, be sure to visit the WRL store. We’ve got calendars, hats, t-shirts, buttons, books, DVDs, organizing tools and more! 90 Years of Revolutionary Nonviolence: WRL Perpetual Calendar Published in honor of our 90th Anniversary, this beautiful calendar chronicles the 90 year history of WRL with historical notes, posters and…
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WRL Perpetual Calendar