Resources for Solidarity and Resistance

The words, lies and actions of the President in his first day of this term in office were meant to please his base and his billionaires. We are determined to be in solidarity with those who are targeted and those resisting his efforts. 

Many are looking towards On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder. His Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century include lessons we have long embraced, among them:

Do Not Obey in Advance – Resist, do not adapt. WRL offers a number of resources for resistance

Stand Out – We are inspired by many resisters, those who have gone before us in WRL’s 101 year history, and those we can stand with now. WRL provides methods and merch that sets an example.

Learn from Peers in Other Countries – Many in War Resisters’ International have nonviolently stood up to tyranny. We are sharing resources that include their examples of dealing with fear and organizing.

Building on our decades of experience, working with long time allies, and sharing information about the work of other organizations, we offer these resources. They include tools that support our solidarity actions and methods of resistance.  Please share these with others.

We all need to do our part, we all need tools and support to do that.

Plan and train for nonviolent direct action.

As we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. we remember his words, “Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue.”

Our website has a resources for nonviolent actions and campaigns, including:

• Planning Nonviolent Campaigns
• Organizing Effective Actions, Know Your Rights
• Gender Awareness in Nonviolent Campaigns
• Dealing with fear
• Updated Training and workshop agendas

Work with Immigrant Rights Groups

Find a group in your area, or check out some of these groups:

• Al Otro Lado – legal and humanitarian support to refugees, deportees, and other migrants 
• Immigrant Defense Project – combats targeting of immigrants for mass imprisonment and deportation
  • ICEwatch is one of their projects.
• NYS State Youth Leadership Council:- Undocumented, Unapologetic and Unafraid
• Detention Watch Network – national coalition to abolish immigration detention in the United States.
• No more Deaths – end death and suffering in the Mexico–US borderlands through civil initiative

Support GI Resistance.

The incoming administration has already made it clear that they intend to expand the use of military force on as many fronts as they can. WRL is working with a network of groups with a history of GI Resistance and counter-recruitment work, who are actively creating a website of our collective resources. We will post that information here.

GI Rights Hotline – Military Discharges and Military Counseling Call 1-877-447-4487; Find factsheets and sections on Discharges, AWOL or UA from Active Duty, Conscientious Objection, Rights, Grievances, and Complaints, Before You Join, FAQs and more

US Military Know Your Rights guide released by National Lawyers Guild Military Law Task Force, About Face Veterans Against the War, and Center on Conscience and War

Counter military recruiting.

See other brochures and handouts on our store our store.

War Tax Resistance

As people became aware of how their tax dollars were being sent to and spent by Israel, more people engaged in war tax resistance. As DOGE suggests cuts in human resources and Social security while your tax dollars are given to war profiteers, consider if that is how you want your tax dollars spent and learn what you can do about it.

The National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (NWTRCC) offers info, referral, support, resources, publicity, campaign sponsorship, and connection. Visit NWTRCC.org

Don’t stop talking about Ukraine and Palestine.

Don’t lose sight of hope and inspiration.