The War Resisters League (WRL) is the oldest secular pacifist organization in the United States, having been founded in 1923. Founded in 1923 by men and

of anti-war organizations List of peace activists Nonviolence Pacifism Antimilitarism War resister War Resisters League "About War Resisters' International"

women who had opposed World War I. The War Resisters League is a section of the London-based War Resisters' International which was founded in Bilthoven

Since 1958, the War Resisters League, the pacifist group founded in 1923, has awarded almost annually its War Resisters League Peace Award to a person

particular war. Tax resisters are distinct from "tax protesters", who deny that the legal obligation to pay taxes exists or applies to them. Tax resisters may

The War Resisters League affirms that all war is a crime against humanity. We are determined not to support any kind of war, international or civil, and t…

War Resisters League The United States� oldest secular pacifist organization, the War Resisters League has been resisting war at home and war abroad sinc…

Citing the “biohazard” created by blood-stained money, Judge Lynne Leibovitz of Washington’s Superior Court has sentenced Ellen Barfield, a member of the…

Bi-national mobilization for Iraq war resisters in Canada US war resister Corey Glass, an Iraq war veteran who served with the National Guard, won a stay…

War Resisters League 21st Annual Raffle for Resistance - 2009 Martin Luther King by Vanessa Chakour (created entirely with the words to his speech, Beyon…

War Resisters League condemned in the strongest terms Symposium on Islamic Terrorism held on August 24th and 25th in San Diego, hosted by the California A…

War Resisters League: 100 Years of Resistance to War and the Causes of War War Resisters League: 100 Years of Resistance to War and the Causes of War War…

You are here WIN Magazine WIN magazine, formerly the Nonviolent Activist, was the quarterly magazine of the War Resisters League. Through articles, inter…

Do you know someone with a WRL story that you would like to share with other war resisters? "The wake-up call is right there in the front page headline o…

Books War Resisters League: 100 Years of Resistance to War and the Causes of War War Resisters League: 100 Years of Resistance to War and the Causes of W…

War Resisters League works to strengthen the antiwar movement by connecting voices of resistance confronting the root causes of violence across the globe.…

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 an…

What Every Girl Should Know About the U.S. Military: Consider This – Before You Enlist NEW! A brand new pamphlet co-published by the Women of Color Resou…

About Us The United States’ oldest secular pacifist organization, the War Resisters League has been resisting war at home and war abroad since 1923. Our …

On this MLK day, let us recall Dr. Martin Luther King's deepest legacy. He understood that denouncing the violent extremism of young, angry men in the gh…

Gaza As an organization dedicated to peace, justice and nonviolent liberation, the War Resisters League stands firmly in solidarity with the Movement For…

Do you know someone with a WRL story that you would like to share with other war resisters? War Resisters League believes that war is a crime against hum…

On this MLK day, let us recall Dr. Martin Luther King's deepest legacy. He understood that denouncing the violent extremism of young, angry men in the gh…

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We hope this message finds you at peace despite seemingly endless moments of challenge, hardship and the ongoing horrors of war and militarism. We wanted …

Spaces are allowed; punctuation is not allowed except for periods, hyphens, apostrophes, and underscores. E-mail address * A valid e-mail address. All e-…

Dorelen (Dorie) Feise Bunting passed away August 24, 2023, at 101 years old. From her teenage years until well into her 90s, Dorie was present and active…

Racism As an organization dedicated to peace, justice and nonviolent liberation, the War Resisters League stands firmly in solidarity with the Movement F…

Police As an organization dedicated to peace, justice and nonviolent liberation, the War Resisters League stands firmly in solidarity with the Movement F…

Resources WRL produces a variety of tools and resources to support grassroots organizing against war and militarism. Many resources are available on our …

You are here Mary Nolan Mary Nolan is a professor of history at New York University, and co-chair of the antimilitarism committee of Brooklyn for Peace. …

You are here Ron Jacobs Ron Jacobs is an antiwar activist, library worker, and writer. He is the author of The Way the Wind Blew: A History of the Weathe…

WRL Webinars REFUGEE SOLIDARITY: REPORTBACK FROM DIASPORA DELEGATION WRL hosted a webinar report back from members of the Iraqi Transnational Collective,…

You are here WRL Magazines WIN magazine WIN magazine, formerly the Nonviolent Activist, was the quarterly magazine of the War Resisters League, an organi…

Economy As an organization dedicated to peace, justice and nonviolent liberation, the War Resisters League stands firmly in solidarity with the Movement …

You are here #SWATstories #SWATstories = Power SWAT trainings and expos have skyrocketed in recent years. Funded largely by grants from the Department of…

You are here WRL News Warming Up to Possibilities: WRL National Committee The WRL National Committee (NC) met this summer against a backdrop of turmoil b…

ACT UP In the late 1980s it seemed there was no end to the AIDS crisis and increasing homophobia across Reagan-era America. The Supreme Court’s 1986 deci…

David Croteau is a sociologist who teaches and writes about the media, social movements, and class inequality. His books include Politics and the Class Di…

You are here What is UASI? UASI, or the Urban Areas Security Initiative, is a grant program of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). UASI is an a…

What is SWAT? S.W.A.T = Special Weapons And Tactics SWAT, or Special Weapons and Tactics (previously know as Special Weapons Attack Teams) was mastermind…

As one of the leading radical voices in the antiwar movement, we challenge military recruitment, organize and train for nonviolent direct action, and offe…

You are here The Camden 28 Tribulation on Trial On the night of August 21, 1971, a group of antiwar activists broke into the federal draft board office i…

Become a Member Membership Welcome to WRL! We're so excited you're considering becoming a member. Does the below statement resonate with you? "The War Re…

My parents started the War Resisters League New England when I was a baby. Instead of summer camp, I went to the WRL Organizer Training Program at Woolma…

Hughan was describing the formal founding of WRL as the successor organization to the Anti-Enlistment League, which had opposed armed forces enlistment du…

WRL Workshops Over the past several years, War Resisters League has developed several interactive, popular education workshops that deal variously with: …

Poems from Guantanamo Humiliated Bodies, Resilient Voices Imagine being 14 years old when you arrive in Pakistan to learn English and study informational…

You are here Planned Giving The Importance of WRL—Now and in the Future The future of a nonviolent world is safe in WRL’s hands. As supporters of revolut…

War Resisters League. Southeast Regional Office records, 1966-1995 Summary:Bulletins, flyers, correspondence, financial documents, administrative documen…

War Resisters League The War Resisters League is affiliated with the United for Peace and Justice through Frida Berrigan, a Steering Committee member. It…

David McReynolds, lifelong pacifist and socialist, died last Friday. Twice a presidential candidate, lifetime member of the War Resisters League, well-kn…

American history is littered with examples of pointless wars fought for bad reasons, and with people who risked their careers and their freedom to oppose…

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless oth…

This deeply researched book is the first history of the War Resisters League, an organization that represents the major vehicle of secular radical pacifis…

War Resisters League condemns the chemical weapons attack and U.S. military actions of the past week within the context of the catastrophic, six-year Syr…

The War Resisters League and Gandhian Nonviolence in America, 1915-1963 Scott H Bennett The definitive history of an essential component of American radi…

War Resisters War Resisters is a joint page shared by War Resisters International and War Resisters League highlighting pressing antiwar topics of today.…

War Tax Resisters Penalty Fund Read Our Brochure EIN: 83-0721126 “I do not object to taxation of income, and I would not object to paying my fair share o…

War Tax Resisters Taken to Court In the modern war tax resistance movement (since World War II), very few people have been brought into Federal court, co…

War tax resisters differ in what we hope to achieve by our resistance. If you spend some time thinking about your own goals and motives, this will help y…

Search form Region You are here War resisters in the movies Want to see some excellent films about U.S. war resisters coming to Canada? On August 18, the…

John Okada spent only three weeks with his family at the WRA camp in Minidoka, Idaho, before he was granted indefinite leave through the National Student…

EVENTS BOOK EVENTS and FILM SCREENINGS Come to the first-ever Nichi Bei Book Fest for the Bay Area launch of The Literature of Japanese American Incarcer…

The Life & Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy No-No Boy, John Okada’s only published novel, centers on a Japanese American who refuses to fight…

This is one of the hardest things I’ve had to contemplate writing. These In Memoriam posts have mostly been devoted to celebrating the lives and marking …

History News Network puts current events into historical perspective. Subscribe to our newsletter for new perspectives on the ways history continues to r…

FACING THEIR GREATEST recruitment crisis since at least the passage of the 1985 Montgomery G.I. Bill, and perhaps since the creation of the so-called “al…

Conscientious objectors refuse to participate in any form of war , serve in the army , undergo military training , or bear arms as part of their moral or …

“For 15 years Israeli war resisters have been telling Israelis that the status quo in Gaza in unsustainable — that we cannot continue to keep millions of…

La Leche League International Breastfeeding is warmth, nutrition, and love all rolled into one. We’ve been supporting mothers and nursing parents for ove…

Leagues & Social Clubs Bowlero Youth Classic Registration Now Open! Bowlero will award over $1,000,000 in scholarship funds across all 40 hosting centers…

The War Resisters League (WRL) is the oldest secular pacifist organization in the United States, having been founded in 1923. Founded in 1923 by men and

The War Resisters League affirms that all war is a crime against humanity. We are determined not to support any kind of war, international or civil, and t…

of anti-war organizations List of peace activists Nonviolence Pacifism Antimilitarism War resister War Resisters League "About War Resisters' International"

women who had opposed World War I. The War Resisters League is a section of the London-based War Resisters' International which was founded in Bilthoven

Since 1958, the War Resisters League, the pacifist group founded in 1923, has awarded almost annually its War Resisters League Peace Award to a person

particular war. Tax resisters are distinct from "tax protesters", who deny that the legal obligation to pay taxes exists or applies to them. Tax resisters may

The War Resisters League affirms that all war is a crime against humanity. We are determined not to support any kind of war, international or civil, and t…

War Resisters League The United States� oldest secular pacifist organization, the War Resisters League has been resisting war at home and war abroad sinc…

Citing the “biohazard” created by blood-stained money, Judge Lynne Leibovitz of Washington’s Superior Court has sentenced Ellen Barfield, a member of the…

Bi-national mobilization for Iraq war resisters in Canada US war resister Corey Glass, an Iraq war veteran who served with the National Guard, won a stay…

War Resisters League 21st Annual Raffle for Resistance - 2009 Martin Luther King by Vanessa Chakour (created entirely with the words to his speech, Beyon…

War Resisters League condemned in the strongest terms Symposium on Islamic Terrorism held on August 24th and 25th in San Diego, hosted by the California A…

War Resisters League: 100 Years of Resistance to War and the Causes of War War Resisters League: 100 Years of Resistance to War and the Causes of War War…

You are here WIN Magazine WIN magazine, formerly the Nonviolent Activist, was the quarterly magazine of the War Resisters League. Through articles, inter…

Do you know someone with a WRL story that you would like to share with other war resisters? "The wake-up call is right there in the front page headline o…

Books War Resisters League: 100 Years of Resistance to War and the Causes of War War Resisters League: 100 Years of Resistance to War and the Causes of W…

War Resisters League works to strengthen the antiwar movement by connecting voices of resistance confronting the root causes of violence across the globe.…

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 an…

What Every Girl Should Know About the U.S. Military: Consider This – Before You Enlist NEW! A brand new pamphlet co-published by the Women of Color Resou…

About Us The United States’ oldest secular pacifist organization, the War Resisters League has been resisting war at home and war abroad since 1923. Our …

On this MLK day, let us recall Dr. Martin Luther King's deepest legacy. He understood that denouncing the violent extremism of young, angry men in the gh…

Gaza As an organization dedicated to peace, justice and nonviolent liberation, the War Resisters League stands firmly in solidarity with the Movement For…

Do you know someone with a WRL story that you would like to share with other war resisters? War Resisters League believes that war is a crime against hum…

On this MLK day, let us recall Dr. Martin Luther King's deepest legacy. He understood that denouncing the violent extremism of young, angry men in the gh…

Spaces are allowed; punctuation is not allowed except for periods, hyphens, apostrophes, and underscores. E-mail address * A valid e-mail address. All e-…

We hope this message finds you at peace despite seemingly endless moments of challenge, hardship and the ongoing horrors of war and militarism. We wanted …

Spaces are allowed; punctuation is not allowed except for periods, hyphens, apostrophes, and underscores. E-mail address * A valid e-mail address. All e-…

Dorelen (Dorie) Feise Bunting passed away August 24, 2023, at 101 years old. From her teenage years until well into her 90s, Dorie was present and active…

Racism As an organization dedicated to peace, justice and nonviolent liberation, the War Resisters League stands firmly in solidarity with the Movement F…

Police As an organization dedicated to peace, justice and nonviolent liberation, the War Resisters League stands firmly in solidarity with the Movement F…

Resources WRL produces a variety of tools and resources to support grassroots organizing against war and militarism. Many resources are available on our …

You are here Mary Nolan Mary Nolan is a professor of history at New York University, and co-chair of the antimilitarism committee of Brooklyn for Peace. …

You are here Ron Jacobs Ron Jacobs is an antiwar activist, library worker, and writer. He is the author of The Way the Wind Blew: A History of the Weathe…

WRL Webinars REFUGEE SOLIDARITY: REPORTBACK FROM DIASPORA DELEGATION WRL hosted a webinar report back from members of the Iraqi Transnational Collective,…

You are here WRL Magazines WIN magazine WIN magazine, formerly the Nonviolent Activist, was the quarterly magazine of the War Resisters League, an organi…

Economy As an organization dedicated to peace, justice and nonviolent liberation, the War Resisters League stands firmly in solidarity with the Movement …

You are here #SWATstories #SWATstories = Power SWAT trainings and expos have skyrocketed in recent years. Funded largely by grants from the Department of…

You are here WRL News Warming Up to Possibilities: WRL National Committee The WRL National Committee (NC) met this summer against a backdrop of turmoil b…

ACT UP In the late 1980s it seemed there was no end to the AIDS crisis and increasing homophobia across Reagan-era America. The Supreme Court’s 1986 deci…

David Croteau is a sociologist who teaches and writes about the media, social movements, and class inequality. His books include Politics and the Class Di…

You are here What is UASI? UASI, or the Urban Areas Security Initiative, is a grant program of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). UASI is an a…

What is SWAT? S.W.A.T = Special Weapons And Tactics SWAT, or Special Weapons and Tactics (previously know as Special Weapons Attack Teams) was mastermind…

As one of the leading radical voices in the antiwar movement, we challenge military recruitment, organize and train for nonviolent direct action, and offe…

You are here The Camden 28 Tribulation on Trial On the night of August 21, 1971, a group of antiwar activists broke into the federal draft board office i…

Become a Member Membership Welcome to WRL! We're so excited you're considering becoming a member. Does the below statement resonate with you? "The War Re…

My parents started the War Resisters League New England when I was a baby. Instead of summer camp, I went to the WRL Organizer Training Program at Woolma…

Hughan was describing the formal founding of WRL as the successor organization to the Anti-Enlistment League, which had opposed armed forces enlistment du…

WRL Workshops Over the past several years, War Resisters League has developed several interactive, popular education workshops that deal variously with: …

Poems from Guantanamo Humiliated Bodies, Resilient Voices Imagine being 14 years old when you arrive in Pakistan to learn English and study informational…

You are here Planned Giving The Importance of WRL—Now and in the Future The future of a nonviolent world is safe in WRL’s hands. As supporters of revolut…

War Resisters League. Southeast Regional Office records, 1966-1995 Summary:Bulletins, flyers, correspondence, financial documents, administrative documen…

War Resisters League The War Resisters League is affiliated with the United for Peace and Justice through Frida Berrigan, a Steering Committee member. It…

David McReynolds, lifelong pacifist and socialist, died last Friday. Twice a presidential candidate, lifetime member of the War Resisters League, well-kn…

American history is littered with examples of pointless wars fought for bad reasons, and with people who risked their careers and their freedom to oppose…

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless oth…

This deeply researched book is the first history of the War Resisters League, an organization that represents the major vehicle of secular radical pacifis…

War Resisters League condemns the chemical weapons attack and U.S. military actions of the past week within the context of the catastrophic, six-year Syr…

The War Resisters League and Gandhian Nonviolence in America, 1915-1963 Scott H Bennett The definitive history of an essential component of American radi…

War Resisters War Resisters is a joint page shared by War Resisters International and War Resisters League highlighting pressing antiwar topics of today.…

War Tax Resisters Penalty Fund Read Our Brochure EIN: 83-0721126 “I do not object to taxation of income, and I would not object to paying my fair share o…

War Tax Resisters Taken to Court In the modern war tax resistance movement (since World War II), very few people have been brought into Federal court, co…

War tax resisters differ in what we hope to achieve by our resistance. If you spend some time thinking about your own goals and motives, this will help y…

Search form Region You are here War resisters in the movies Want to see some excellent films about U.S. war resisters coming to Canada? On August 18, the…

John Okada spent only three weeks with his family at the WRA camp in Minidoka, Idaho, before he was granted indefinite leave through the National Student…

EVENTS BOOK EVENTS and FILM SCREENINGS Come to the first-ever Nichi Bei Book Fest for the Bay Area launch of The Literature of Japanese American Incarcer…

The Life & Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy No-No Boy, John Okada’s only published novel, centers on a Japanese American who refuses to fight…

This is one of the hardest things I’ve had to contemplate writing. These In Memoriam posts have mostly been devoted to celebrating the lives and marking …

History News Network puts current events into historical perspective. Subscribe to our newsletter for new perspectives on the ways history continues to r…

FACING THEIR GREATEST recruitment crisis since at least the passage of the 1985 Montgomery G.I. Bill, and perhaps since the creation of the so-called “al…

Conscientious objectors refuse to participate in any form of war , serve in the army , undergo military training , or bear arms as part of their moral or …

“For 15 years Israeli war resisters have been telling Israelis that the status quo in Gaza in unsustainable — that we cannot continue to keep millions of…

La Leche League International Breastfeeding is warmth, nutrition, and love all rolled into one. We’ve been supporting mothers and nursing parents for ove…

Leagues & Social Clubs Bowlero Youth Classic Registration Now Open! Bowlero will award over $1,000,000 in scholarship funds across all 40 hosting centers…