WRL mourns the passing of Vera B. Williams (1927-2015), award-winning writer, illustrator, and activist, Vera was a longtime member of WRL, serving on the board and creating illustrations for our Peace Calendars and many other materials. 

Vera, we celebrate your life and remember you always as a comrade in peace.

We'll post a fuller tribute by WRL members soon.  In the meantime, we share these remembrances of Vera in the New York Times and on the blog Feministing.

January 16th's historic settlement awarded to protesters at the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City was the largest in U.S. history - and many a WRL'er was in the mix! At the press conference, Ed Hedemann of the WRL - NYC local said: "The government can place FBI agents behind every mailbox and cops behind every potted plant but we will not be intimidated by their efforts to crush dissent and muzzle opposition to its policies."

Peace activists involved with the March 8, 1971 break-in that exposed the FBI's repressive COINTELPRO operation have come forward to share their story and draw connections to widespread government surveillance today.