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- Direct Action
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- Gaza
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- Militarism
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- Racism
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- War Taxes
Solidarity Banners for Gaza
If you are requesting a banner, please be sure to fill out our online request form here The War Resisters League (WRL) is proud to offer two powerful banner designs to support activism and advocacy efforts concerning the disastrous situation in Gaza. WRL is subsidizing the production of these banners, making them available at a greatly reduced…
- Conscientious Objectors
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- Counter-Recruitment
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- Militarism
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- Nonviolence
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- War
Beyond Border Patrol
WRL has long challenged military and police recruitment. Our newest counter-recruitment resource, Beyond Border Patrol, takes on the lies of Border Patrol recruiters – particularly in the borderlands – and debunks them with the realities of the job and the agency’s legacy of abuse. Like military and police recruiters, Border Patrol recruiters target poor people and young people of color in border communities, and promote careers in law enforcement as a stable way of life and a means to “protect” your community.- Militarism
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- Nonviolence
War, Peace, Justice, and the Elections: A WRL Statement
October 16 2008 Like many—perhaps most—advocates for peace and justice, we at the War Resisters League are of more than one mind about the upcoming elections. We come from diverse political perspectives, including varying shades of socialism, anarchism, and reform-oriented liberalism, and have concomitantly diverse opinions within the organization and our membership about whether and…
- Militarism
You Can’t Take What’s All of Ours! Breaking Down NATO/G8 and Rising Up Against Austerity and Militarism
To mark the NATO summit held in May 2012 in Chicago and the simultaneous G8 summit held in Camp David, Maryland, War Resisters League and the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance released a new popular education resource. This participatory workshop explores: The story of NATO and G8: who makes them up, what they do, and…
- Egypt
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- Militarism
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- Police
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- Tear Gas
One Year After the Egyptian Revolution: Tear Gas and Police Repression
Tear gas, policing, and the counter-revolution: January 25 marked one year since the beginning of the Egyptian revolution. One year after the fall of the Mubarak regime, the Egyptian people are still in the streets, calling for an end to the rule of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) that took power after…
- Militarism
WRL Endorses Statement Against Global Militarism
12.2.2011 Stop Militarization of Our Communities in the US and Abroad! [The following statement originated from activists in the San Fransisco Bay Area. For further information, contact: bay2egypt [at] gmail.com ] As 2011 gives way to 2012, people’s movements for justice are met with unprecedented global militarization. From Oakland to Egypt, people are demanding democracy and an…
- Militarism
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- Police
New Workshop! “Buy 10 Guns, Get 2 Tanks Free”
Want to stop police militarization in your community? We can’t build a movement without building consciousness. Our new participatory workshop Buy 10 Guns, Get 2 Tanks Free: A Workshop on Resisting Police Militarization is one such building tool. The workshop, co-created with the Ya-Ya Network, highlights the successful cross-community organizing initiated by Oakland, CA’s Stop…- Militarism
War Resisters International statement on the situation in Honduras
30 June 2009 Latin American antimilitarists reject the coup in Honduras and demand disarmament and reduced military spending We – antimilitarists from different Latin American countries, with the support of the worldwide network War Resisters’ International (WRI-IRG) – reject and condemn the coup d’état carried out by the Honduran armed. We oppose the use of…
- Militarism
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- Police
Police Militarization: BINGO!
Welcome to Police Militarization Bingo! On one side you’ll find ideologies and politics that support systems of police militarization. On the other side you’ll find counter-points. The numbered box on one side connects to the corresponding box on the other! Download here. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) gave NYC $178 million in 2014 for militarity…
- Militarism
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- Police
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- Racism
Solidarity with Occupied Ferguson
“No violence, just justice.” – Lesley McSpadden, mother of Michael Brown. War Resisters League condemns the ongoing militarized lockdown and attack against the community of Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. We are saddened and outraged over the murder of 18-year-old Michael Brown by Ferguson Police, this past Saturday, August 9th. We stand in…
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