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War Resisters League

 Organization

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Philadelphia War Tax Resistance Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-182
Abstract

The Philadelphia War Tax Resistance was an organization that advocated nonviolence in order to end war, racism, sexism, and human exploitation, as well as promoted nonpayment of taxes that funded war and defense. This collection includes correspondence, administrative files, court records, financial records, minutes of meetings, periodicals, and reference files.

Dates: 1967-1992

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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Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 8
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 7
Peace movements -- History -- Sources 4
Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Peace -- Societies, etc. 3
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War tax resistance -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Civil rights workers -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Conscientious objection 2
Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Pacifism 2
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 2
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 2
Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Ballistic missiles -- United States 1
Civil disobedience 1
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Connecticut -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- History -- Sources 1
Disarmament -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Draft resisters 1
Draft resisters -- History -- Sources 1
Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Economic conversion -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Educators -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Sources 1
Educators -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Harrisburg Seven Trial, Harrisburg, Pa., 1972 1
Journalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Labor leaders -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Lecturers -- United States -- Biography -- Sources 1
Nonviolence 1
Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 1
Nonviolence -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifism -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifism -- Societies, etc. 1
Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Religious aspects -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Peace movements 1
Peace movements -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Sources 1
Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Main Line -- History -- Sources 1
Peace walks and marches -- History -- Sources 1
Periodical editors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Physicists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Polaris (Missile) 1
Socialist parties -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Socialists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Tax protests and appeals -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
War -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
War -- Moral and ethical aspects 1
War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 1
War resistance movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
War tax resistance -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
Women and peace 1
Women and peace -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Women political candidates -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
World tomorrow (Periodical) 1
Young democracy (Periodical) 1
Youth and peace -- History -- Sources 1
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