Resist Militarism: Lessons from Mexico & Cross Border Solidarity
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What is Urban Shield? From October 25th -28th, 2013 in Oakland, California, Urban Shield – a trade show and training exercise for SWAT teams and police agencies will bring local, national and international law enforcement agencies together with “defense industry contractors” to provide training and introduce new weapons to police and security companies. The…
In April, WRL piloted our first Demilitarist School in Chicago! Over three days, 13 young people and a group of Demil School facilitators, including WRL staff and National Committee members, gathered to grapple with the scale of US militarism. Participants delved into discussions about strategies for dismantling militarism and the ways antimilitarist work feeds into struggles for Black…
Nonviolent Activist, March-April 2006 INTERVIEWS: VETS AGAINST THE WAR From Soldier to Objector: Jose Vasquez Interviewed by Francesca Fiorentini and Steve Theberge Born in the Bronx, Jose Vasquez grew up in San Bernadino, Calif. In 1991, a junior in high school, he enlisted in the Army’s Delayed Entry Program. During his four-and-a-half-year tour of duty,…
Order Now! WRL’s New Perpetual Calendar Highlights Revolutionary Nonviolence on the Occasion of Our 90th Anniversary. This perpetual calendar can be used year after year. You can just write in the dates! It includes an event related to WRL and nonviolence for each day, with a line to add your own reminders of birthdays, etc….
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…
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…