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25 Years Since: Standing with Amiriyah
25 years ago today a tragedy took place: The U.S. bombing of the Amiriyah Shleter in Baghdad. To mark this day, and look towards a world where such violence is not possible, we join members of the Iraqi Transnational Collective in spreading the following reflection, art, analysis and action. Resisting Amnesia: 25 Years After the Al Amiriyah…
Just out! Article by WRL Organizers Ali Issa & Tara Tabassi
Published July 6th 2017 on The New Inquiry No SWAT Zone: Resisting Police Militarization Under Trump By Tara Tabassi and Ali Issa A volunteer screams in pain as Hollywood-grade prosthetics litter a football field strewn with body parts and gore. A “Muslim man” just fired from his job returns to his office as…
Busting Border Patrol’s Recruitment Propaganda
Dear WRL Friends and Family, I’m Heath Rudd (pronouns they/them/theirs), WRL’s Fall 2019 Bilezikian Intern. Over the past three months, I had the special opportunity to work with WRL to develop a new resource to counter Border Patrol recruitment. As someone who loves interrogating history for the betterment…
Shoe-Throwing Still Gets No Love In Iraq: An Interview with Dhurgham al-Zaidy
Shoe-Throwing Still Gets No Love In Iraq: An Interview with Dhurgham al-Zaidy by Ali Issa Reprint from Medium on 12.15.16 “I cannot leave the square. Whatever al-Abadi or anyone else says . . .” Dhurgham al-Zaidy, Friday, 5.27.16 This past Summer, Baghdad’s Tahrir square was once again filled with tear gas. Protesters escaping the toxic fumes have…
Call for submissions // noSWATzone Zine
Call for Submissions for No SWAT Zone: a zine on resisting police militarization Send Submissions to: tara [at] warresisters.org Calling all activists and organizers resisting police militarization around the world: -How you are impacted by policing and/or war? -Are you leading a campaign against domestic or international militarization? -Are you building alternatives to…
A Revolutionary Nonviolent Perspective on US Uprisings
Previously published on Waging Nonviolence We are activists, we are practitioners of revolutionary nonviolence, and we are outraged. Outraged at the 400-year long history of violence against Black people in this country; outraged at the racist and murderous system that founded police, who kill Black people with impunity; outraged at the state-sanctioned brutality meeting Black…
