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WRL seeking conference organizer for our 90th Anniversary

War Resisters League is seeking a conference organizer for our 90th Anniversary Conference to take place August 1-4 at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. "Revolutionary Nonviolence: Building Bridges across Generations and Communities" will bring together WRL members from around the country as well as allies and other interested people. While celebrating WRL's 90th anniversary, we have chosen to be in Washington in the same month as the commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

Unwelcome NATO/G8! Join WRL in Chicago, May 18-19

As thousands will converge in Chicago during the international summits of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Group of 8 (G8) this spring, WRL and a group of organizations* committed to ending U.S. militarism and its maintenance of economic injustice globally are looking to you and to your organizing networks to help us create and shape our counter-NATO/G-8 summit conference on May 18 & 19.

Suzanne Ross

Dear friends, In the introductions to WRL's recent book, We Have Not Been Moved, the mini-biography of contributor Suzanne Ross was inadvertently cut short. At this time when her work to free imprisoned journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal has become more crucial than ever, we wanted to correct that omission by including her full mini-biography here, as well as including the web address of the coalition to free Mumia. Thanks for your attention to this matter, and to helping to build the Mumia movement. -- Matt Meyer, Editor

April 15 Global Day of Action on Military Spending

April 15 Global Day of Action on Military Spending logo

Add your (war) tax day event to this list! This week, Portland, OR, Belfast, ME, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Phoenix, Bristol, RI joined the list of US cities where activities to mark Tax Day and the Global Day of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS) will occur. On Long Island, NY, 4 Congressional offices will be visited. In the Bay Area over a 20 BART Train stations will be "adopted" for informational leafleting.

WRL is looking for a Summer 2013 Freeman Intern to work in Historic Preservation and Research Assistance

Are you interested in radical history? Want to work with one of the oldest and most exciting anti-militarism organizations? WRL is looking for a Summer 2013 Freeman Intern to work in Historic Preservation and Research Assistance. We are currently taking applications for our Summer 2013 Freeman Internship Program.

U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL: Don't impose death sentence on 82-year-old nun and peacemaker

Sister Megan, Greg Boertje-Obed, and Michael Walli with Transform Now banner

Sixteen years in prison is not enough? Sister Megan Rice and her friends, all peace activists, already face 16 years in prison if convicted for a nonviolent peace action. Sister Megan, Greg Boertje-Obed, and Michael Walli went to Oak Ridge, Tennesse, to say NO to nuclear holocaust. Instead of dropping charges, the US Attorney General and the Department of Justice are considering two additional charges against this 82-year-old nun and two U.S. veterans, both sabotage charges. One carries 20 years and the other 30 years in prison.

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