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Remembering Vera B Williams, 1927 - 2015

Vera Williams

WRL mourns the passing of Vera B. Williams (1927-2015), award-winning writer, illustrator, and activist, Vera was a longtime member of WRL, serving on the board and creating illustrations for our Peace Calendars and many other materials. 

Vera, we celebrate your life and remember you always as a comrade in peace.

We'll post a fuller tribute by WRL members soon.  In the meantime, we share these remembrances of Vera in the New York Times and on the blog Feministing.

Against All Odds: Press and Coverage

Praise for Against All Odds:

"The thesis of Against All Odds: Voices of Popular Struggle in Iraq, should be obvious. But in fact it is revolutionary, at least for people like me, who came up in the U.S. anti-war movement in 2003 and continue to be inundated with media and political images of Iraq as solely a target of death and destruction–and its people hapless victims. [This] is revolutionary because dignity, humanization, and self-determination are the antidotes to militarism and occupation, and the uplifting of Iraqi voices and stories of resistance shines a light towards a better world."

Sarah Lazare - Counter Punch

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

Sister Megan, Greg Boertje-Obed, and Michael Walli with Transform Now banner

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 and the Department of Justice are considering two additional charges against this 82-year-old nun and two U.S. veterans, both sabotage charges. One carries 20 years and the other 30 years in prison.

The Day the World Says "No"

Poster for International CO Day 2015, Germany

Today, May 15th, is a global holiday: Conscientious Objection Day. Part of building a culture of peace is marking new traditions. This holiday - created in England in 1985 - gives us a valuable chance to thank war resisters for their service: service to a future demilitarized world.

May Day 2015

WRL on the drums at the May Day March 2015

This past May Day in NYC, WRL was drummin' for the revolution against policing, war, and worker exploitation.

"From the fight to reduce the working day to the movement against borders, we believe that real economic justice requires an end to exploitation and inequality internationally. Resisting militarism for over ninety years, we aspire toward a world where workers are free to make, move, grow, and care with dignity in peace.

Statement in Solidarity with the Egyptian Conscientious Objector Mark Nabil Sanad

Mark Nabil Sanad

We, peace and human rights organizations, declare our support and solidarity with No to Compulsory Military Service Movement and with the Egyptian conscientious objector, Mark Nabil Sanad. We condemn the silence of Egyptís authorities over conscientious objectorsí suffering. We call on the Egyptian authorities to restore his civil rights and to recognize his right to an exemption from the military service based on his conscientious beliefs.

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