ACTIVIST PROFILE
Uruj Sheikh came on board as the Freeman Intern at the War Resisters League’s national office in January. Her term was originally set for three months, but she has been such a huge help that we begged her to stay longer!
Much of Uruj's work has focused on WRL’s Listening Process, the new special issue of WIN Magazine, which features organizers from across the country assessing the antiwar movement. She transcribed many of the interviews, reviewed many more, helped select the content, and played key coordinating roles.
On Friday, December 12,
join the War Resisters League for a Spectacular Celebration of Peace and Justice as we give the Peace Award to to the Grassroots Movement to Save New Orleans. This year's awardees are Shana Griffin and Kali Akuno, representatives of the greater New Orleans grassroots efforts to bring the city back to life. Special Musical Guests include Steve Earle, Stephanie McKay, Jan Bell and the Cheap Dates and more!
The Path of Most Resistance:
A U.S. Radical History Tour
The War Resisters League
2009 Peace Calendar
A desk calendar and state-by-state account of the places where radical history happened, from the civil rights and anti-racist struggles of Alabama and Mississippi to centuries of war tax resistance in Massachusetts, indigenous opposition to oil-drilling in Alaska and union organizing in Kentucky and California.
The 2009 Peace Calendar is wonderful, truly inspiring. These are unknown moments in history, and the best moments, because they show resistance to war, courage, and comradeship. It is not only a calendar, but a piece of literature.
— Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States
Special Issue of WIN magazine features interviews from a cross section of grassroots organizers from across the country.
Ralph, a lifelong war resister and pacifist, died February 1 in New York City. Ralph had been the heart and soul of WRL since he came on staff shortly after the end of World War II.
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Beloved longtime WRL staff member Karl Bissinger succumbed to a stroke on November 19. Karl was an energetic and creative fund raiser, an enthusiastic civil disobedient, a generous host to countless meetings, a loyal and supportive friend to hundreds of Greenwich Village artists and activists and a devoted, loving partner to Dick Hanley.
New listing of WRL local meetings and events.
Like many—perhaps most—advocates for peace and justice, we at the War Resisters League are of more than one mind about the upcoming elections. We come from diverse political perspectives, including varying shades of socialism, anarchism, and reform-oriented liberalism, and have concomitantly diverse opinions within the organization and our membership about whether and how to engage elections.
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The Path of Most Resistance: A desk calendar and state-by-state account of the places where radical history happened, from the civil rights and anti-racist struggles of Alabama and Mississippi to centuries of war tax resistance in Massachusetts, indigenous opposition to oil-drilling in Alaska and union organizing in Kentucky and California. The 2009 Peace Calendar is wonderful, truly inspiring. These are unknown moments in history, and the best moments, because they show resistance to war, courage, and comradeship. It is not only a calendar, but a piece of literature. Special Issue of WIN magazine features interviews from a cross section of grassroots organizers from across the country.
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Beloved longtime WRL staff member Karl Bissinger succumbed to a stroke on November 19. Karl was an energetic and creative fund raiser, an enthusiastic civil disobedient, a generous host to countless meetings, a loyal and supportive friend to hundreds of Greenwich Village artists and activists and a devoted, loving partner to Dick Hanley.
New listing of WRL local meetings and events.
Like many—perhaps most—advocates for peace and justice, we at the War Resisters League are of more than one mind about the upcoming elections. We come from diverse political perspectives, including varying shades of socialism, anarchism, and reform-oriented liberalism, and have concomitantly diverse opinions within the organization and our membership about whether and how to engage elections.
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