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    Women Conscientious Objectors
    November 2, 2023
    Women Conscientious Objectors: An Anthology includes contributions by women conscientious objectors and activists from Britain, Colombia, Eritrea, Israel, Paraguay, South Korea, Turkey, and the USA, plus supporting documents and statements.
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    Cultivating Stories through the Practice of Listening: Conducting Oral History Interviews
    June 14, 2023
    Do you know someone with a WRL story that you would like to share with other war resisters? Is there an activitst in your area who you’d like to record? Do you have stories you want to share? War Resisters League will turn 100 in 2023, marking a century of anti-militarist organizing, collective protest, and…
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    Cultural Resistance to Militarism
    June 14, 2023
    Featuring: Hip-Hop Artist Invincible Discussion with Colombian conscientious objector Paula Galeano Activist and artist Katie Yamasaki Saturday November 22 4:00 – 7:00 pm at the Yippie Museum 9 Bleecker Street Between Bowery and Elizabeth 212-677-518 A collaboration of the War Resisters League and the Not Your Soldier Project, Cultural Resistance to Militarism brings together young…
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    The Iraq War: A People’s Hearing
    June 2, 2023
    Eleven years ago today, the United States military invaded Iraq. On March 26, 2014, Iraqi human rights advocates and labor leaders will join US military veterans in Washington D.C. to testify to the lasting impact of the war and to make the case that the US government must be held to account for the serious damage it…
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    Terrorism and Trump: New Challenges for Social Justice Organizations
    January 4, 2016
    by Bob Wing and Max Elbaum originally published on Znet, 12.23.15 “The wake-up call is right there in the front page headline of the Dec. 11 New York Times: ‘Poll Has Trump Gaining Ground on Terror Fear.’ [ . . . ] Understand that the fight against racism cannot be won just by struggling around domestic…
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    Week of Action: Countering the Militarisation of Youth!
    November 18, 2015
    This week is the 2nd International Week of Action Against the Militarisation of Youth. Join the War Resisters International with nonviolent actions this week and stand against the many ways young people are engaged in wars all around the world! Check out #YouthAgainstWar hashtag on social media and follow WRI on Twitter and Facebook for further updates. Here…
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    WRL sponsors the GI Coffeehouse West Coast tour
    February 14, 2014
    Join Under the Hood Cafe and Outreach Center (Killeen, TX), Coffee Strong (Lakewood, WA), and The Clearing Barrel (Kaiserslautern, Germany) for the first-ever GI Coffeehouse West Coast Tour! With stops in more than a dozen cities, coffeehouse organizers will meet with local activists and supporters, sharing information and stories from the coffeehouses, which over the…
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    Legal support for G.I.s participating in Occupy Wall Street actions
    February 29, 2012
    As veterans and servicemembers have been joining in and supporting their local #Occupy movements, the Military Law Task Force of the National Lawyers Guild has stepped up to coordinate legal support for active duty servicemembers, reservists, and veterans who are facing harassment and/or legal sanctions for participating in these important protests. The MLTF can be…
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    Operation No Recruits: Daily Reports
    September 20, 2007
    Operation No Recruits DAILY REPORTS FROM THE TIMES SQUARE RECRUITING STATION September 8, 10, 11 – 15, 2007 Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007 — NYC WRL / Washington Heights Counter-Recruiters / Rude Mechanical Orchestra At 8:30 am the NYC War Resisters League began blocking the front door of the yet-to-be-opened recruiting center. Shortly after, two counter-demonstrators…
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