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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…
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Nonviolent Activist, March-April 2006 ACTIVIST NEWS U.S. Troops in Iraq Say End War in 2006 An overwhelming 72 percent of American troops serving in Iraq think the United States should exit the country within the next year, and more than one in four say the troops should leave immediately, a new Le Moyne College/Zogby International…

Linda Marie Thurston, rest in eternal power and memory. We love you greatly.
May 25, 2021 To our dear community, We are grieved to be sharing with you all devastating news: Linda Thurston, War Resisters League’s Operations Coordinator passed away unexpectedly this past weekend. Linda first organized with WRL for the Day Without the Pentagon action in 1998 and later joined the national staff collective in 2007 where…

Order WRL’s famous pie…chart.
March 14th, 2021 Dear friends, It’s Pi day and we couldn’t resist a little pun. For almost 40 years, War Resisters League has researched and produced an annual pie chart flyer to call attention to the vast amount of our income tax dollars spent on the military and war. Since World War II, roughly…

WRL Activist Update: Linnea Capps, MD
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We need to strategically eliminate fascism, not engage in hollow calls for peace.
Thursday January 14th, 2021 We need to strategically eliminate fascism, not engage in hollow calls for peace. By War Resisters League For 97 years, War Resisters League has worked diligently to resist all wars at home and abroad through resisting the root causes of war: racism, sexism, and all forms of exploitation. Throughout the decades,…