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WAR IS OVER. If you want it.
The title of this blog serves as a tribute to John Lennon and Yoko Ono who posted that message on a billboard in Times Square, December 1969. April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. The Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee is marking the occasion with a webinar co-sponsored by…- War
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- WRL History
Music Fuels Movements for Social Change
When Pete Seeger said, “The right song at the right moment can change history” he spoke a truth that resonates with peace and justice activists across time and space. No matter our age, where we live, or which action we take for peace and social justice, songs bring us together and give us strength, courage,…- Direct Action
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- Nonviolent Activist
Learning from the Nashville Campaign Workshop
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Where Your Income Tax Money Really Goes FY 2026
You can also download FY 2026 the flyers and print locally:Fiscal Year 2026 (Released March 2025) Pie Chart Flyer in English, in color (pdf) in English, black & white (pdf)
We offer these downloads free of charge, but we really appreciate your donation to support the work of producing this important resource each year. If you can, donate today! For Pie Charts from previous years, check out the Pie Chart Archives ***NOTE ABOUT SHIPPING*** Once we receive them from the printers, pie chart orders are being mailed no later than 48 hours after receiving the order. Orders of 50 and more are sent priority mail, which arrives in 2-3 days. Postage costs more than 20%, an additional donation is appreciated.Minimum Order: 20 Pie Charts (for smaller orders we encourage you to download and print your own!)
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“In Germany they first came for the communists…” (Poster)
Quotation from Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892-1984) He survived internment in a Nazi concentration camp. This quotation is widely used to voice the need for unity and supporting one another under authoritarian governments and is a popular quotation to describe the dangers of political apathy in the face of authoritarianism. Repression always begins with specific and targeted fear and hatred which soon escalates to encompass more and more targeted groups.- Conscientious Objectors
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WRL Supports GI Resisters
Active military considering their options can look to the War Resisters League and other organizations for examples of GI resistance as well as practical guides. WRL’s new Resources for GI Rights and Resistance (PDF download) includes stories of GI resisters, videos featuring WRL members, articles, book reviews, and a book published by War Resisters’ International. Check…
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War Tax Resistance: A Guide To Withholding Your Support from the Military
New Edition!
Revised in 2025
This 6th edition is updated from the 2003 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 and Ruth Benn.
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WRL Goes to the Movies
Popular films aren’t usually known for promoting peace. There’s a lot of focus on big action sequences in the wide release movies that studios hope will become summer blockbusters, especially when superheroes are involved. In 1987 and 2007, two WRL Peace Calendars sought to highlight movies that promote peace and justice.WRL’s interest in movies isn’t…
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“Your tax dollars at work? DON’T pay!” Poster
“Your tax dollars at work? DON’T pay!”, by Peg Averill- WRL History
Home Is Where WRL Is: A History of WRL’s Offices: The Peace Pentagon and Beyond (Part II)
After leaving 5 Beekman Street with a very light load—courtesy of the FBI theft—WRL and its peace group mates moved to 339 Lafayette Street at the western edge of the East Village. (For the story of WRL’s pre-Lafayette Street homes, see Home Is Where WRL Is: A History of WRL’s Offices, Part I: From a…
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