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War Resisters League

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

War Resisters' International Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-039
Abstract

The War Resisters' International was founded at Bilthoven, Netherlands, in 1921 by representative pacifists from that country, Germany, Austria and Great Britain. The War Resisters' International was never more than a coordinating body in its relationship to affiliated groups.

Dates: 1923-1976

War Resisters League Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-040
Abstract The War Resisters League is a pacifist organization whose members are against all war. Witnessing the establishment of the War Resisters' International in Europe in 1921, and sensing a need for a similar organization in the United States, Dr. Jessie Wallace Hughan established the War Resisters League as an independent organization. The War Resisters League membership pledge, which has remained essentially unchanged since its inception, reads: "The War Resisters League affirms that war is a...
Dates: 1923-2013

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  • Subject: Conscientious objection X
  • Subject: Peace -- Societies, etc. X
  • Subject: Peace movements X

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Civil disobedience 1
Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Draft resisters 1
Nonviolence 1