ACTIVIST PROFILE
IN MEMORIUM
The War Resisters League has been resisting war at home and war abroad since 1923. Today, as one of the leading radical voices in the antiwar movement, we challenge military recruitment and war profiteering, organize nonviolent direct action, and offer on-the-ground tools to end the current war and all wars. Learn more »
In the Spotlight
WRL PIE CHART FLYERS - Where Your Income Tax Money Really Goes
The newest edition of WRL's popular “Pie Chart” flyer for Federal Fiscal Year 2015 is available for order at our Online Store now! This year's Pie Chart analyzes the Federal Fiscal Year 2015 Budget.
They're perfect for Tax Day leafletting, as a focus for forums and panels and workshops and more!
Join WRL in South Africa this summer!
Seven months after the passing of South African independence leader 
Nelson Mandela, War Resisters International will be hosting a momentous conference in Cape Town, South Africa: "Small Actions - Big Movements: the Continuum of Nonviolence."
Rooted in the historic struggle against apartheid in South Africa, this conference will bring together a gathering of activists from across the African continent as well as other places internationally--and you are invited!
90 Years of Revolutionary Nonviolence: New WRL Perpetual Calendar
WRL’s New Perpetual Calendar Highlights Revolutionary Nonviolence on the Occasion of Our 90th Anniversary.
This perpetual calendar can be used year after year. You can just write in the dates! This beautiful calendar chronicles the 90 year history of WRL with historial notes, posters and artwork, new art, and photographs that highlights WRL’s involvement in larger nonviolent movements.
Order now on the WRL online store. And check out other gift ideas on the store - books, tshirts, hats, buttons and more!
Tear gas is NOT nonlethal: ways to resist US tear gas shipments
Since last week, the streets of Turkey have again been filled with tear gas following the death of 15-year-old Berkin Elvan, who was in a coma since June 2013 after being hit in the head by a tear gas canister while buying bread during the government repression of last summer's Gezi Park uprising.
March 13th was also the fifth anniversary of US solidarity activist Tristan Anderson's critical injury due to a tear gas canister fired at his head in a demonstration against the construction of the annexation wall through the village of Ni’lin’s land in Palestine. Tear gas is used regularly against Palestinians protesting Israeli occupation. In recent years, Israeli tear gas (made in the USA) has resulted in the deaths of Jawaher Abu Rahmah, Bassem Abu Rahmah, and Mustafa Tamimi.
We wonder how many people will be hurt and killed before we stop calling tear gas a “nonlethal” weapon?
