War Resisters' International

    Originally founded in 1921, War Resisters' International (WRI) is a network of pacifists and nonviolent activists on every continent, who work on national, regional and international levels, as well as in local communities, to end war and the causes of war.
    WRI is first and foremost a communication and information link but we also build support campaigns for individual objectors and anti-war groups that come under attack for standing up for their beliefs.  We also promote active nonviolent strategies for transforming militaristic societies.  WRI members believe that:
    ? War is never the way to solve conflicts, that it serves to perpetuate cycles of violence and hatred. 
    ? The cycle of war and violence can only be broken when people refuse to participate in the institutions of war and militarism. 
    ? We have to build alternatives to the systems and relationships of domination which lie at the root of war. 
    ? Nonviolence and nonviolent direct action can be powerful forces for transforming society. 
   

WRI has an extensive network of members in 40 countries including: Gandhian teachers in India, anti-war campaigners in former Yugoslavia, young men in dozens of countries who refuse military service, war tax resisters in a dozen more, peace researchers, nonviolence trainers, those working against rape and racial attacks and those protesting nuclear testing. WRI co-produces Peace News, a monthly newspaper on nonviolent actions around the world.  For over 60 years, Peace News has promoted pacifist and nonviolent thinking and action.  Its editorial objectives are to:
* Support and connect nonviolent and anti-militarist movements around the world.
* Provide a forum where such movements can develop common perspectives.
* Take up and promote issues suitable for international campaigning.
* Promote pacifist analysis by testing assumptions against contemporary events.
* Promote and give critical support to nonviolent revolution.

For more information, contact: WRI, 5 Caledonian Road, London N1 9DX, UK.
Tel.: 44-171-278-4040; Email  warresisters@gn.apc.org  Website: www.gn.apc.org/peacenews/