September 3, 2009 Dear Friends, We will be having an organizing call around the October 5th Actions next Thursday, September 17th at 12:00 (noon) EST. The call-in number is 518-825-1300, code 116563. We invite all those of you who are interested in coming to DC or who would like to plan something in your hometown…
September 3, 2009 Dear Friends, We will be having an organizing call around the October 5th Actions next Thursday, September 17th at 12:00 (noon) EST. The call-in number is 518-825-1300, code 116563. We invite all those of you who are interested in coming to DC or who would like to plan…
Resources for Organizing WRL is in the process of creating a web-based handbook for people organizing for October 5th. That will include tools for organizing to bring people to Washington, and tools for people planning regional actions. Until that is ready, we encourage you to refer to the following resources. The basic scenario for the…
Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech premieres on HBO on Monday, June 29, 2009 at 9 pm (8 pm CST). The film centers on noted free speech attorney Martin Garbus (father of the film’s director Liz Garbus) and is illustrated by a half-dozen controversial stories of free speech abuse by the government….
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Contact the NYC War Resisters League Phone: 718-768-7306 Email: nycwrl [at] worldnet.att.net Award-Winning Author to Talk About War, Nonviolence and History Nicholson Baker to Give the War Resisters League’s “Dave Dellinger Lecture on Nonviolence” Nicholson Baker, author of the…
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Contact the NYC War Resisters League Phone: 718-768-7306 Email: nycwrl [at] worldnet.att.net Award-Winning Author to Talk About War, Nonviolence and History Nicholson Baker to Give the War Resisters League’s “Dave Dellinger Lecture on Nonviolence” Nicholson Baker, author of the recent controversial book Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II,…
Speakers at WRL Forum on War, Prisons and Torture on Monday, April 27, 2009 Protesters outside the White House on the 100th day, April 30, 2009 See media releases on the 100 Days Campaign: May 1, 2009 – 61 Anti-Torture Demonstrators Arrested at The White House April 29, 2009 –…
If you would like to join the new chapter or for any additional information on events, you can contact WRL Delaware at www.wrl-delaware.tk. April 26, 2009 Our new chapter got off to a good start on the March 20 – 22 Iraq War anniversary weekend. On the 20th, two of our small group (now numbering…
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Daniel Marble: 732-644-5820 Attorney Larry Hildes: 360-715-9788 Chuck Fager, Quaker House: 910-323-3912 MEDIA ADVISORY “Killing People Is Not What I Am”, Says AWOL GI A soldier who went AWOL two years ago rather than take part in combat is enroute to Fort Bragg to face military authorities. PFC Daniel Marble, 25, went…
The National Counter-Recruitment and Demilitarization Conference will be held July 17 to 19th, 2009 in Chicago For more information: Call: 312.427.2533 Email: crconf [at] gmail.com Website: http://nnomy.org or write: AFSC 637 South Dearborn St #3 Chicago Illinois 60605
PRESS ADVISORY Witness Against Torture www.100dayscampaign.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 8, 2009 CONTACT: Frida Berrigan, 347-683-4928, frida.berrigan [at] gmail.com Gary Ashbeck, 410-913-2342, cruz69j [at] hotmail.com ANTI-TORTURE ACTIVISTS TO FAST AND RALLY SUNDAY TO CALL ON OBAMA TO CLOSE GUANTANAMO AND BAN TORTURE IMMEDIATELY WASHINGTON — On Sunday, January 11 — the seven-year anniversary of the…
Karl Bissinger, 1914-2008 A memorial for long-time War Resisters League staff member Karl Bissinger will be held on Thursday, January 29, 6 pm in the Community Room at Westbeth (155 Bank Street) in the west Village. Westbeth, with entrances mid-block at 55 Bethune Street or through courtyard at Bank Street, is on a block…
January 10, 2009 Report from Rafah: Doctors Stopped At Borders By Bill Quigley Bill is a human rights lawyer and law professor at Loyola New Orleans. He is in Egypt as a human rights representative of the National Lawyers Guild, the Society of American Law Professors, the International Association of Democratic Lawyers and…
December 2008 LITERATURE AND ORGANIZING RESOURCES Volunteers Needed The War Resisters League designs, produces and distributes thousands of pieces of literature and organizing resources each year, including books, brochures, organizing guides, buttons, t-shirts and a range of current and classic anti-war posters. We need volunteers to help us fulfill the dozens of orders we receive…
Steve Earle from steveearle.com: “The city hasn’t changed as much as real estate agents would have you believe,” Steve Earle explains about his adopted hometown of New York City. “Specifically, my neighborhood hasn’t changed that much. I point people in the right direction so that they can take their picture like the cover of Freewheelin’…
After two years of repairs the Intrepid aircraft carrier and war museum returned to its NYC dock. We greeted it with a silent vigil of signs, banners, and leaflets.
Join United for Peace and Justice coalition, of which WRL is a member group, in a Million Doors for Peace on Saturday, September 20. 1 million doors. 1 million conversations. 1 million voters. Be one of the 25,000 peace activists to knock on a Million Doors for Peace on Saturday, September 20. United For Peace…
March 19, 2008 — Thirty-two people were arrested this morning as they staged a nonviolent blockade at the national headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, DC. The protestors had placed yellow police tape saying “WAR CRIME SCENE” across four entrances to the building, including the main entrance on Constitution Ave. and additional entrances…
“One of the first steps we are going to become involved in as an Organization of Afro-American Unity will be to work with every leader and other organization in this country interested in a program designed to bring your and my problem before the United Nations … We must take it out of the…
JOB OPENING: Editor/Publisher of WIN Magazine The War Resisters League is seeking a seeking a self-motivated, professional, and skilled half-time Editor/Publisher to produce and manage (in consultation with Publications Committee) all phases of our quarterly publication, WIN Magazine. As one of the leading radical voices in the antiwar movement, we challenge military recruitment and war…
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