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Open Letter to Hillary Clinton on Counter-Terror Funds
War Resister’s League’s Tara Tabassi just published this letter on citylimits.org! “We need it, we need it! I want it!” Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, referring to federal homeland security funding for New York during a Saturday sit-down with reporters and editors from The Daily News Open Letter to Hillary Clinton on…
A Revolutionary Nonviolent Perspective on US Uprisings
July 9, 2020 Previoulsly 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…
9 Tips for Muslims Who Want To Make Social Change
War Resister’s League’s very own Uruj Ehsan Sheikh just published on www.muslimmatters.org! 9 Tips for Muslims Who Want To Make Social Change We are in a historic moment. Renewed Islamophobia has emerged in the mainstream. GOP candidates’ anti-Muslim rhetoric and an upsurge of hate crimes against Muslims have gone unabated. The Syrian and Iraqi refugee…
On the Ground in Turkey: Repression Gets Personal
After the mass escalation of anti-government protest this past late May in Turkey, events there have fallen out of the headlines. But mobilization and repression continue. This past November 23rd for example, the Turkish police cracked-down hard on a teacher’s demonstration in Ankara called for by the progressive union Eğitim-Sen against the privatization of schools….
WRL Condemns Baton Rouge Police Department Repression
War Resisters League condemns in the strongest terms the Baton Rouge Police Department’s heavily militarized response to protests against the murder of Alton Sterling by BRPD this past Tuesday, July 5th. We stand with protesters in demanding justice after the brutal murder of Alton Sterling by BRPD on July 5th, the very police department known for…
Activists protest Saudi Crown Prince’s visits to US cities, call on elected officials to oppose US role in Saudi war on Yemen
Protestors told de Blasio to denounce prince visit; told Schumer & Menendez to immediately commit to vote to end US support for Saudi war on Yemen CONTACTS: New York, NY: Isaac Evans-Frantz, 347-756-1896, actioncorps.nyc [at] gmail.com Washington, DC: Ariel Gold, 510-599-5330, ariel [at] codepink.org Tuesday the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, is meeting with…
War Tax Resistance: A Guide To Withholding Your Support from the Military