Handbooks and Organizing Guides

War Tax Resistance: A Guide To Withholding Your Support from the Military

The most comprehensive book available on war tax resistance, covering everything from legal issues to the history of war tax resistance, to the hows and whys.

Written by Ed Hedemann.
Published by the War Resisters League in 2003.
144-pages.

NEW! Be sure to download the 2023 Update section.

$10.00

Handbook for Nonviolent Campaigns, 1st Edition

Social change doesn't just happen. It's the result of the work of committed people striving for a world of justice and peace. This work gestates in groups or cells of activists, in discussions, in training sessions, in reflecting on previous experiences, in planning, in experimenting and in learning from others. Preparing ourselves for our work for social justice is key to its success. This handbook shares what people have already developed in different contexts. It includes sections on:

$9.00

Movement Building for Allies

Members and organizations of the traditional peace movement have been increasingly coming to recognize the importance not only of partnering and “joining forces” with groups and organizations led primarily by poor people and people of color, but also of taking leadership from those groups and learning how to be effective allies to them through our organizing efforts.

$5.00

Civilian Ally

Civilian Ally: A Guide to Organizing with Veterans and Servicemembers to Build a GI Resistance Movement is a manual for peace activists who are organizing alongside veterans, servicemembers and conscientious objectors to end war or organizers who want to build those working relationships.

Written by veteran and civilian organizers, it offers an orientation to working with servicemembers and veterans within the context of the growing GI Resistance movement.

$10.00

Handbook for Nonviolent Campaigns, 2nd Edition

The Handbook for Nonviolent Campaigns, 2nd edition

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The War Resisters' International's  'Handbook for Nonviolent Campaigns' is a 232 page toolbox of ideas and resources to support activists to run more effective campaigns. The original edition, published in 2009, was translated into over ten languages, including Spanish, German, Nepalese, Turkish, Russian, Ukrainian, Korean, and Arabic, and has been used by activists all over the world. The 2014 edition added 50 pages.

$12.00

Handbook for Nonviolent Action

The classic guide to nonviolent direct action, this vintage publication is still used by activists across the country. A great basic guidebook at an affordable price.

Published by Donnelly/Colt and WRL.
1989. 34 pp.

Please order 4+ copies. 

$1.00
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