WiserEarth Editors
Collaboration in serving the greater WiserEarth community
As active community members, we would like to make this group into a gathering point where we can work together to transform WiserEarth.org into an effective platform of support for the global community of concerned citizens and organizations who are working to create a more just and sustainable world. ...learn more
GROUP DETAILS
Created: Nov 20, 2007
Updated: Nov 27, 2009
Membership: Invitation Only
Semi-Private
Organization Info [Edit]
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Network [Add] · [List] · [Visualize]
Connected with 0 organizations
Connected with 0 people
Connected with 0 resources
Connected with 0 solutions
Connected with 0 jobs
Connected with 0 events
Connected with 0 wikipages
About [Edit]
The United States’ oldest secular pacifist organization, the War
Resisters League has been resisting war at home and war abroad since
1923. Our work for nonviolent revolution has spanned decades and been
shaped by the new visions and strategies of each generation’s
peacemakers.
Statement of Purpose
The War Resisters League affirms that all war is a crime against humanity. We therefore are determined not to support any kind of war, international or civil, and to strive nonviolently for the removal of all causes of war.
Program
War Resisters League centers its work on education and action. Education involves publishing pacifist literature, including a magazine, The Nonviolent Activist, and the annual Peace Calendar. Our emphasis is on action, war resistance and individual conscience. WRL organizes demonstrations, cooperates in coalition with other peace and justice groups, opposes conscription and all forms of militarism including ROTC, and supports men and women who resist the military at all levels. Our staff helps train people in civil disobedience, war tax resistance, and other forms of putting conscience into action. We also co-sponsor the Fund for Education and Training (FEAT), which assists young men who for reasons of conscience do not comply with laws requiring registration for the draft.
WRL's Anti-Militarism Program focuses on the many devastating consequences of war and weaponry. Our youth program, ROOTS (Revolution Out of Truth and Struggle), focuses on counter-recruitment and the impact of militarism on targeted populations like youth of color and the poor. And our War Tax Resistance program supports those who refuse to pay for war.
A major part of WRL's program is to help people organize in their own communities where real change begins. WRL has a network of local groups and contacts around the country. The National Office sends out regular mailings to a "key list" of local organizers and has offered a training program for organizers. Other special materials include the Organizers Manual, the book War Tax Resistance, a terrific collection of buttons and posters, organizers' packets, and videos for parents and students on war toys and military recruiting.
Statement of Purpose
The War Resisters League affirms that all war is a crime against humanity. We therefore are determined not to support any kind of war, international or civil, and to strive nonviolently for the removal of all causes of war.
Program
War Resisters League centers its work on education and action. Education involves publishing pacifist literature, including a magazine, The Nonviolent Activist, and the annual Peace Calendar. Our emphasis is on action, war resistance and individual conscience. WRL organizes demonstrations, cooperates in coalition with other peace and justice groups, opposes conscription and all forms of militarism including ROTC, and supports men and women who resist the military at all levels. Our staff helps train people in civil disobedience, war tax resistance, and other forms of putting conscience into action. We also co-sponsor the Fund for Education and Training (FEAT), which assists young men who for reasons of conscience do not comply with laws requiring registration for the draft.
WRL's Anti-Militarism Program focuses on the many devastating consequences of war and weaponry. Our youth program, ROOTS (Revolution Out of Truth and Struggle), focuses on counter-recruitment and the impact of militarism on targeted populations like youth of color and the poor. And our War Tax Resistance program supports those who refuse to pay for war.
A major part of WRL's program is to help people organize in their own communities where real change begins. WRL has a network of local groups and contacts around the country. The National Office sends out regular mailings to a "key list" of local organizers and has offered a training program for organizers. Other special materials include the Organizers Manual, the book War Tax Resistance, a terrific collection of buttons and posters, organizers' packets, and videos for parents and students on war toys and military recruiting.
