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…
Father Louie Vitale was convicted and fined $1000 for trespass at Vandenberg protesting the ICBM launch on August 22, 2009. Sister Megan Rice was convicted and fined $500 for the same incident. More details available soon. See www.macgregoreddy.com for background on the protest and updates on the convictions of Fr. Louie and Sr. Megan.
On October 7th, War Resisters League joined with a number of our partner organizations in the anti-war movement to host War Voices,* a dialogue on these past ten years of U.S.-led war and occupation and their connections to the militarization of life here in the U.S. and globally. The evening’s discussions among community leaders and…
From January 2-12 Witness Against Torture will spend two weeks in Washington D.C. leading up to the 10 year commemoration of the Guantanamo prison and along with it a system of indefinite detention and torture that targets Arab, South Asian, and Muslim men and necessitates the spread of rampant Islamophobia that we have seen escalating…
On May 12, the War Resisters League participated in a day of teach-ins and actions with a broad coalition of unions and community organizations in New York City to stop the state and federal budget cuts which are threatening so many, and to highlight the billions that NYC tax payers are contributing to wars. Click…
Tear gas, policing, and the counter-revolution: January 25 marked one year since the beginning of the Egyptian revolution. One year after the fall of the Mubarak regime, the Egyptian people are still in the streets, calling for an end to the rule of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) that took power after…
For a list of events organized by Pax Christi USA chapters and affiliates please visit: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=129544250468870 Friday August 5th. 4:00PM: at Dag Hammerskjold Plaza – East 47 St between 1 & 2 Aves, NYC. Musical performances by Ray Korona, the Raging Grannies, The Peaceniks, Russell Daisey, Bruce Markow and special guest from Japan singer/songwriter,…
CALL TO ACTION – JOIN US ON JUNE 22-25, 2011 We must continue to speak and act against the ongoing crime of Guantanamo! We walk in shame and grief and anger. We walk mindful of broken promises, hollow words, and bankrupt institutions. We walk for men torn from their families and homelands, tortured and abused…
Since February 25th Iraqis – fueled by the air of audacity sweeping the Arab world – have been organizing weekly Friday protests against government corruption and sectarianism, a shocking lack of public services, and for the release of Iraq’s thousands of arbitrarily imprisoned. This coming April 9th though, 8 Iraqi civil-society organizations are taking this…
On Saturday, April 9, 2011 WRL members and members of many other peace and justice groups will be meeting at the Gandhi statue at Union Square West and 15th Street at 12pm. WESPAC and WRL are also calling for group participation in a feeder march to Union Square that will leave at 11:30am from the…
Throughout March 2011, in cities all around the globe, Palestine solidarity activists are participating in Israeli Apartheid Week. IAW is a flurry of events which aim to expose the multiple ways the state of Israel commits the crime of Apartheid, as well as call on global civil society to participate in BDS – boycott, divestment…
Announcing an April 8 Civil Resistance Action at the Pentagon: We will come together in solidarity to act in resistance against the activities of the U.S. military and form autonomous affinity groups that will be acting in nonviolent civil resistance at the Pentagon on April 8. We will encourage groups to descend on the Pentagon…
War Resisters League is looking for a New York City-based part-time intern for a twelve-week period, June 13 – August 31. The intern will work 20 hours a week on a number of organizing projects and administrative tasks, including the following: Working with local WRL chapters and affiliate groups all over the country, contacting them…
Led by Veterans for Peace on March 19th – the anniversary of the brutal invasion of Iraq, where over a million Iraqis and almost 5,000 US soldiers were killed with thousands more grievously injured – as the occupation of Iraq and the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan continue unabated, Veterans for Peace is calling for…
WAR IS NOT A GAME Playing with war toys and violent videos numbs people to the terrible truth: War means death and suffering, not fun and games. Playing violent video games has been directly linked to increased aggressive behavior. A Harvard School of Public Health study found significant amounts of violence even in video games…
From Bev Rice: I was delighted to tell my NLG lawyer, Mark Taylor, that the MTA policeman who wrote the summons wasn’t my arresting officer. After being sworn in, this officer said he was called in from Penn Station because “there was a war protest in Grand Central.” When Judge Weinberg asked him for details,…
MAY 1, 2011 Balloting has closed. Thanks to everyone who voted! ELECTION of AT-LARGE MEMBERS to the WRL NATIONAL COMMITTEE The National Committee The National Committee (NC) is WRL’s highest decision-making body and meets twice a year in New York City to shape the League’s policy and direction and set its budget. (The Administrative Coordinating…
MAY 1, 2011 Balloting has closed. Thanks to everyone who voted! Statements of Candidates (* = Incumbent) JASON AHMADI (Southwest) I have found that building real relationships and community is essential to resisting this culture and practice of war. In my anti-nuclear organizing in the rural pueblos of Northern New Mexico, I feel I have…
Join activist veterans marching in solidarity to the White House, demanding an immediate end to U.S. wars, whether conducted by occupation troops, drones or proxy, in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Palestine. We will be nonviolently refusing to leave the White House, willing to be dragged away and arrested for peace. We believe that the…
November 19-21: Close the school of the Americas Join us to remember the victims and to celebrate the resistance! (para información en español, haga click aquí) Thirty years have passed since Maryknoll missioners Maura Clark, Jean Donovan, Ita Ford, and Dorothy Kazel were brutally killed by graduates of the SOA in El Salvador. They are…
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