As the war in Afghanistan has entered into its ninth year and as President Obama has issued orders for a swift deployment over the next six months of 30,000 additional US troops, WRL calls on its members and supporters in a moment of national urgency. By promising a timetable for troop withdrawl alongside an escalation…
From The Gaza Freedom March Steering Committee: UPDATE December 21, 2009 We are determined to break the siege We all will continue to do whatever we can to make it happen Using the pretext of escalating tensions on the Gaza-Egypt border, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry informed us yesterday that the Rafah border will be closed…
Bill Sutherland, unofficial ambassador between the peoples of Africa and the Americas for over fifty years, died peacefully on the evening of January 2, 2010. He was 91. A life-long pacifist and liberation advocate, Sutherland became involved in civil rights and anti-war activities as a youthful member of the Student Christian Movement in the 1930s….
CALL TO ACTION: Join Witness Against Torture January 11-22, 2010 in a Fast and Vigil to Shut Down Guantanamo, End Torture and Build Justice “I believe strongly that torture is not moral, legal or effective.” Guantanamo is “a damaging symbol to the world… a rallying cry for terrorist recruitment and harmful to our national security,…
Beloved longtime WRL staff member Karl Bissinger succumbed to a stroke on November 19. Karl was an energetic and creative fund raiser, an enthusiastic civil disobedient, a generous host to countless meetings, and – most important – a loyal and supportive friend to hundreds of Greenwich Village artists and activists and a devoted, loving partner…
Please join us for a Memorial for Dennis Brutus (1924-2009) South African poet, anti-apartheid fighter, and human-rights activist Sunday January 17, 2010 2 pm . . . . . Download the flyer here. Statement from the Brutus Family on the passing of Professor Dennis Brutus Professor Dennis Brutus died quietly in his sleep on the…
September 15, 2009 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear President Obama: We are writing on behalf of the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance to seek a meeting to discuss the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan. We are greatly concerned that the people of Afghanistan, like…
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….
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…
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’…
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…
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