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War Resisters' International nonviolence programme

WRI homepage > Programme Areas > Nonviolence > Programme description

The Nonviolence Programme is one of the two main programme areas for the WRI office and network, and encompasses two projects: the campaign against war profiteers and the nonviolence resources project. A full description of the project is available on this site in English, German, and Spanish; a leaflet is available in English (HTML or PDF) and German (HTML or PDF).

Current projects

Global Initiative against War Profiteers

The Global Initiative against War Profiteers is a central part of the nonviolence programme, and is intended to encourage transnational work around the issues of arms trade, military contracting, and financial services to the war machine.

Nonviolence Resources

The Nonviolence Resources project is -- among other things -- compiling a nonviolence training handbook. Visit the resource project's page on the WRI Wiki.

Papers from recent and forthcoming projects and conferences

Nonviolence Training Exchange

Bilbao, Basque Country, 26-29 October 2008, preceding WRI Council meeting

War Starts from Europe

14-15 November 2008 days of action against the European military infrastructure.

European Social Forum 2008

17-21 September 2008 in Malmö, Sweden. WRI will be cooperating with the European Peace Action(EPA) peace forum within the ESF.

NATO Game Over

WRI and the Belgian WRI section Vredesactie will be organising a seminar on "military globalisation and nonviolent resistance in Europe" in March 2008, following the NATO Game Over direct action on the 22nd.

Women Trainers' Consultation

October 2004 in Chiang Mai, Thailand (co-organised by WRI Women's Working Group and IFoR Women Peacemakers' Program)

WRI at the G-8 protests

WRI and the World Social Forum

WSF 2007, Nairobi

WRI and the European Social Forum

ESF 2006, Athens

ESF 2004, London

Index page (multilingual)

The European Union constitution

Collected papers on nonviolence training

Collected papers on social defence and practical nonviolence

Archive