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Listening Process - Introduction

 

Welcome to a special issue of WIN, the magazine of the War Resisters League.

Listening Process (Section 1) - What is lacking in the peace and antiwar movement?

Desis Rising Up & Moving (DRUM) contingent at Washington, DC demonstration

Desis Rising Up & Moving (DRUM) contingent at Washington, DC demonstration

 

Listening Process (Section 3) - What are the biggest openings and opportunities for organizing today?

An action at Rep. Rahm Emanuel's office to oppose funding for the Iraq war, February 2008.  photo:  Suzanne Sheridan

An action at Rep. Rahm Emanuel's office to oppose funding for the Iraq war, February 2008. photo: Suzanne Sheridan

This is the brighter side of assessing our organizing context.

Listening Process (Section 4) - How do we build a more multiracial and cross-class antiwar movement?

United for Peace and Justice organized hundreds of thousands of people to call for end to the Iraq occupation, January 27, 2007. photo:  Diane Greene Lent

United for Peace and Justice organized hundreds of thousands of people to call for end to the Iraq occupation, January 27, 2007.

Listening Process (Section 5) - What roles can veterans, soldiers and military families play in ending war?

Operation First Casualty:  Iraq Veterans Against the War members enact common scenes from the Iraq Occupation in the streets of

Operation First Casualty: Iraq Veterans Against the War members enact common scenes from the Iraq Occupation in the streets of New York City, May 2007.

Listening Process (Section 6) - What is the relevance of nonviolence today?

Xiomera Castro

Xiomera Castro lights a candle at a Silence the Violence vigil in Oakland, CA.

As an organization that frequently uses the term revolutionary nonviolence to describe our vision and work, we wanted to hear organizers’ thoughts on nonviolence.

Listening Process (Section 7) - How do we link peace and justice issues and build alliances?

'The World Says No to Israeli Occupation'

'The World Says No to Israeli Occupation' marks the 40th year of Israel's illegal military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem.

We asked folks about how they connect issues of foreign policy, military invasions and occupations, and global climate change: with domestic issues like healthcare, education, immigrati

Listening Process (Section 8) - What does base-building look like in antiwar organizing?

United Healthcare Workerse union marches

United Healthcare Workerse union marches against the war at the Capitol, January 27, 2007. Photo Diane Greene Lent

As the term implies, base-building means building a social base of support that helps an organization accomplish its goals.

Listening Process (Conclusions) - Where to From Here?

by Matthew Smucker

OFC: Iraq Veterans Against the War at Operation First Casualty, NYC.  Photo: Lovella Calica

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