As thousands will converge in Chicago during the international summits of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Group of 8 (G8) this spring, WRL and a group of organizations* committed to ending U.S. militarism and its maintenance of economic injustice globally are looking to you and to your organizing networks to help us…
Dear friends, In the introductions to WRL’s recent book, We Have Not Been Moved, the mini-biography of contributor Suzanne Ross was inadvertently cut short. At this time when her work to free imprisoned journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal has become more crucial than ever, we wanted to correct that omission by including her full mini-biography here, as…
Add your (war) tax day event to this list! This week, Portland, OR, Belfast, ME, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Phoenix, Bristol, RI joined the list of US cities where activities to mark Tax Day and the Global Day of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS) will occur. On Long Island, NY, 4 Congressional offices will be visited….
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…
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 &…
War Resisters League encourages you to join now with people across the United States who are planning actions and education programs in the month of April aimed at ending drone warfare and surveillance. Please sign up today to get connected with organizing efforts in your area.
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…
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…
Click here to read the updated Hiroshima/Nagasaki exhibit created by members of the NYC chapter of WRL, detailing the history of the bombings and the emergence of the powerful US anti-nuclear movement. The exhibit is available also available in a downloadable PDF version, which can be used as a flyer at events, actions, and vigils…
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 Ultimately, there can be no peace without justice, and no justice without peace. The two great moral issues of our time, peace and human rights, are so closely related that we can say that they are one and the same. —Coretta Scott…
Praise for We Have Not Been Moved: Resisting Racism and Militarism in 21st Century America When we sang out “We Shall Not Be Moved” in Montgomery and Selma, we were committed to our unshakeable unity against segregation and violence. This important book continues in that struggle—suggesting ways in which we need to do better, and…
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”…
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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…
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…
Stop the Machine! Create a New World! A Call to Action – Oct. 6, 2011 and onward October 2011 is the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan and the beginning of the 2012 federal austerity budget. It is time to light the spark that sets off a true democratic, nonviolent transition to a world…
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…
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…
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…
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