Resources

WRL produces a variety of tools and resources to support grassroots organizing against war and militarism. Many resources are available on our online store, and others are available here for review and download. For updates on our No SWAT Zone campaign, Nonviolent Direct Action trainings and more, check out our organizing areas. Resources on tear gas stories & companies can be found on Facing Tear Gas. We encourage you to use our materials to build and expand your organizing. We've also listed resources we've found useful and important, available from other sources.

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

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

** NEW EDITION COMING SOON ** 

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.

$10.00

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

Lo Que Toda Chica Debe Saber Sobre la Milicia de EE.UU.

Written for girls, queer and trans youth, youth of color and poor youth, full-color Spanish translation of the "What Every Girl Should Know About the U.S. Military" brochure is focused on sexual & gender-based violence: perfect for distributing at schools & community centers.

Available in only in Spanish: Lo Que Toda Chica Debe Saber Sobre la Milicia de EE.UU.

An updated version of this brochure is now available in English: What Every Young Woman Should Know About the Military

$0.15

The Military is Not Just a Job, It's 8 Years of Your Life//¿Solo un empleo? No… ¡Son ocho años de tu vida!

*OUT OF STOCK UNTIL FALL 2023*

You’ve probably heard the ads and the recruiter’s sales pitch. Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? All advertising does. But if military life doesn’t live up to the advertising, you can’t bring your enlistment agreement back to the recruiter for a refund. You are obligated to the military for a total of eight years, including time in the reserves when you could be recalled.

This essential counter military recruitment pamphlet, produced by Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities (Project YANO) includes information that should be seen by every person considering joining the military. Activists across the country distribute this flyer in schools, at job fairs and community gatherings.

Copies are available in English or Spanish for $0.20 each plus 20% shipping, or $0.15 for orders of 200 or more!

$0.20

Death & Taxes

A important film about War Tax Resisters and their motivations. Produced by the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee, Death & Taxes asks:

- Why and how do people refuse to pay for war?
- Where does the money go?
- What are the consequences?
- How does war tax resistance fit into one’s life?

This tightly paced 30-minute film introduces viewers to war tax refusal and redirecting tax dollars to peace, with music by Sharon Jones and the DapKings, Antibalas, Rude Mechanical Orchestra, and First Strike Theatre’s version of “Don’t Pay Taxes” by Charlie King.

Excellent for workshops and presentations with time for discussion.

$2.00

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