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WRL is looking for a Summer 2013 Freeman Intern to work in Historic Preservation and Research Assistance

WRL is looking for a Summer 2013 Freeman Intern to work in Historic Preservation and Research Assistance Are you interested in radical history? Want to work with one of the oldest and most exciting anti-militarism organizations? We are currently taking applications for our Summer Freeman Internship Program.  The Summer 2013 Freeman Intern will focus primarily…

JOB OPENING: WRL Development & Membership Coordinator

UPDATE: THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED. Please note: WRL has an office cat.  The office is not wheelchair accessible. War Resisters League seeks an enthusiastic and experienced grassroots fundraiser, who brings initiative and works well collaboratively, to coordinate and facilitate our fundraising program, and increase our income, national visibility and membership base. The Development &…

U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL: Don’t impose death sentence on 82-year-old nun and peacemaker

U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL: Don’t impose death sentence on 82-year-old nun and peacemaker

Sixteen years in prison is not enough? Sister Megan Rice and her friends, all peace activists, already face 16 years in prison if convicted for a nonviolent peace action. Sister Megan, Greg Boertje-Obed, and Michael Walli went to Oak Ridge, Tennesse, to say NO to nuclear holocaust. Instead of dropping charges, the US Attorney General…

Apply now! WRL Winter 2013 Bilezikian Organizing Internship

Want to hone or share your organizing skills? Want to work with one of the oldest and most exciting national anti-militarist organizations? We are currently taking applications for our Winter 2013 Bilezikian Internship Program, which runs for 13 weeks starting January 14 (dates are flexible). Application deadline: Friday, December 17. Our intern will work 20…

WEATHER UPDATE

WEATHER UPDATE

UPDATE: November 3, 2012 The War Resisters League National Office has been closed since Monday, when the storm hit our area, resulting in a power outage in the neighborhood. Yesterday, November 2, electricity was restored to the neighborhood, and we are hoping to be back in the office this week.  There are still major disruptions…

We Have Not Been Moved: Resisting Racism and Militarism in 21st Century America

We Have Not Been Moved: Resisting Racism and Militarism in 21st Century America

Edited by Elizabeth “Betita” Martínez, Mandy Carter & Matt Meyer Introduction by Cornel West Afterwords/poems by Alice Walker & Sonia Sanchez We Have Not Been Moved is a compendium addressing the two leading pillars of U.S. Empire. Inspired by the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who called for a “true revolution of values”…

War Profiteers are the 1%: November 30th action in NYC

War Profiteers are the 1%: November 30th action in NYC

On Wednesday, November 30th, 2011, War Resisters League joined with Occupy Wall Street activists and United for Peace and Justice for a protest at the Aerospace and Defense Finance Conference, a meeting in which Department of Defense officials met with the CEOs of 30 military contractors, including reps from three of the top five defense…

Bite the Bullet

Bite the Bullet

Individuals, companies and corporations have always taken advantage of warfare to make enormous economic profit. For centuries, ordinary people, who suffer most from war, have resisted these war profiteers. One of the major factors in Harry S. Truman’s rise to the U.S. presidency was his relentless (“Give ’em Hell, Harry!”) pursuit of war profiteers. But…

WRL is looking or a Summer 2012 Freeman Intern to work in Fundraising and Membership Development

Want to hone or share your grassroots fundraising skills? Want to work with one of the oldest and most exciting anti-militarism organizations? We are currently taking applications for our Summer  2012 Freeman Internship Program, which runs for 13 weeks starting June 4  (dates are flexible).  Application deadline:  May 11. You do not have to be…

Empire on Wall Street

Empire on Wall Street

On 10/14, WRL and the South Asia Solidarity Initiative organized an action at Occupy Wall Street about the costs of U.S. military intervention all over the world and those who profit from it. Download the toolkit for a National Day of Action on November 17th, when we will be asking our members and supporters to…

Marv Davidov, 1931 – 2012

Marv Davidov, 1931 – 2012

Long-time Minnesota peace activist Marv Davidov died on January 14 at age 80. WRL New England Staffer Joanne Sheehan wrote about Marv on the War Resisters International website: “I don’t remember when I first met Marv Davidov, sometime in the ’70.  I first heard of him when I learned about the Honeywell Project, which he…

Legal support for G.I.s participating in Occupy Wall Street actions

As veterans and servicemembers have been joining in and supporting their local #Occupy movements, the Military Law Task Force of the National Lawyers Guild has stepped up to coordinate legal support for active duty servicemembers, reservists, and veterans who are facing harassment and/or legal sanctions for participating in these important protests. The MLTF can be…

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