Resources

WRL produces a variety of tools and resources to support grassroots organizing against war and militarism. Many resources are available on our online store, and others are available here for review and download. For updates on our No SWAT Zone campaign, Nonviolent Direct Action trainings and more, check out our organizing areas. Resources on tear gas stories & companies can be found on Facing Tear Gas. We encourage you to use our materials to build and expand your organizing. We’ve also listed resources we’ve found useful and important, available from other sources.

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#RefugeesWelcome Chant & Song Sheet

On December 10th 2015, WRL organized a protest with 50 community organizations in NYC, called Human Rights Trump Oppression, where we stood against growing facisism and in solidarity with Iraqi and Syrian refugees! The Peace Poets led us in songs so our voices would transcend borders. Please use these chant and song sheets to raise…

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Non Violent Direct Action Preparation Agenda

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Government Targets

U.S. Police Departments & Police Chiefs Police chiefs are the head of police departments that are responsible for abuses involving tear gas or pepper spray across the U.S., from the use of tear gas and pepper spray against Occupy protesters in Oakland, Portland, and Seattle to its use as a routine element of police intimidation…

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Resources About Tear Gas

Overviews about the tear gas industry: “U.S. Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets Suppress Peaceful Uprisings Around the World” // Click here “Tracking Tear Gas” by OWS Global Justice Working Group // Click here   Images & Comics: Click here for a comic in English on Tear Gas Economics and more by Ethan Heitner and the Global…

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Where Your Income Tax Money Really Goes // WRL Pie Chart Flyer (Color)

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Where Your Income Tax Money Really Goes // WRL Pie Chart Flyer (Black & White)

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Where Your Income Tax Money Really Goes // WRL Pie Chart Flyer FY2017 in Spanish, black and white

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Where Your Income Tax Money Really Goes // WRL Pie Chart Flyer FY2017 in Spanish, color

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PDF: Letter to Senate Committee on Appropriations: Cut UASI funding!

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Letter to House Committee on Appropriations: Cut UASI funding! PDF

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Stop NTOA Factsheet Page 1

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Stop NTOA Factsheet Page 2

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United States of Emergency: from Ferguson to Jalalabad

For over 100 days, Black community members in Ferguson, Missouri, have led a movement for justice–coming out every single night in response to the murder of Michael Brown. Today, 400 National Guard troop members stand ready—under the “state of emergency” banner— as a militarized force ready to repress and intimidate a nonviolent resistance movement. This “state…

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Shipment: Halted! Congrats to Bahrain

Victory! After hundreds of calls and over 390,000 emails sent by people in Bahrain and around the world about the dangers of tear gas and the ongoing brutal policing of pro-democracy protesters, the government of South Korea has decided to deny export licenses for a shipment of 3 million tear gas canisters to Bahrain. This…

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Solidarity with #direngeziparki and the people of Turkey

June 4th, 2013 – Solidarity with #direngeziparki and the people of Turkey Over the past several days, Turkey has seen some of its largest mass mobilizations in years. Protesters are pouring into Taksim Square, Gezi Park, and other public spaces throughout the country in the thousands to reject neoliberalism and government-backed urban gentrification. As they…

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Tear gas is NOT nonlethal: ways to resist US tear gas shipments

March 14th, 2014 – “Tear gas is NOT nonlethal: ways to resist US tear gas shipments”   Five years ago this week, Tristan Anderson, from Oakland, California was critically wounded in the Palestinian village of Ni’lin after Israeli forces shot him in the head with a high-powered tear-gas canister as Israeli forces attacked a demonstration…

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#noSWATzone Stands with #NoDAPL Water Protectors

#noSWATzone Stands with #NoDAPL Water Protectors   WRL’s #noSWATzone campaign celebrates the Water Protectors of the #NoDAPL movement in their continued struggle against settler colonial violence. We condemn in the strongest terms the ongoing and escalating militarized repression from private security forces and police, converging on Standing Rock from Wisconsin, Indiana, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming…

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Steps in a Campaign

“Steps in a Campaign” is a resource that can be used in many ways, depending on the needs of the group.  It is intended to help people move together in a non-hierarchicial, inclussive process to a deeper understanding of how to develop effective campaign strategies. A facilitator should assist them through the process, using the…

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“Self-Care for Trauma, Grief + Depression” Flyer

#BlackLivesMatter Flyer “Self-Care for Trauma, Grief + Depression”    

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Stefan Verstappen “Police State: Protester’s Emergency Kit”

Stefan Verstappen “Police State: Protester’s Emergency Kit” from The Art of Urban Survival    

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