GI Rights & Resistance
Since our founding in 1923, the War Resisters League has been committed to supporting conscientious objectors, GI resisters, and military families.
Currently, our work on this issue is done primarily through the GI Rights Hotline and through collaborative and coalition work with veteran's organizations to support the growing movement in CO's and resisters to the current wars. Click here for a map of organizations working on the GI Rights Hotline nationally.
Some of our recent collaborative projects include:
What Every Girl Needs To Know About the
In the summer of 2007, the WRL, the Service Women's Action Network, and the Women of Color Resource Center partnered to co-published this pamphlet geared towards young women. This pamphlet amplifies the true experiences of military service women speaking to the realities of life in the military, and serves to demystify the lies told by military recruiters. PDF Download coming soon! Or you can order print copies from our store.
The GI Rights Hotline provides free, confidential, and accurate information on US military regulations and practices to servicemembers, veterans, potential recruits, and their families. We are a network of nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations.
We work closely with Iraq Veterans Against the War. Check out the video below for coverage about Operation First Casualty NYC, which we helped organize volunteers and logistics for.