War Resisters' Stories

WRI's Council will takes place as a virtual meeting between Friday 20 September and Monday 30 September - find the agenda here. In it you'll see topics including the links between extractive industries and armed conflict, an exchange on the place of nonviolence in training and the contemporary challenges that face antimilitarists and pacifists.

The situation in Egypt is no longer international headline news, and yet the conflicts persist. War Resisters’ International (WRI) expresses our grave concern and sadness about the situation in Egypt today, fearful that the widespread acceptance of the oft-repeated slogan “the army and the people are one” can only lead to greater militarism, violence, and ultimately repression and injustice.

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Activists from across Europe occupied Ministry of Defence land outside Burghfield AWE, in protest at the ongoing development of the base.
Burghfield plays a key role in the UK governments plans to replace the Trident nuclear weapons system. On Monday 2nd September the base was
blockaded for several hours by groups from the UK, France, Belgium, Spain, Finland, Holland and Germany. The base was completely shut for
one hour and 21 were arrested.

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For a second year in a row WRI is grateful to have a Quaker Peace and Social Witness Peaceworker. Last year we were lucky to have Owen Everett who worked on WRI's countering the militarisation of youth project. Last week Andrew Dey started his one year Peaceworker placement, where he will work 4 days a week with WRI and 1 day a week with Action AWE - a UK campaign against nuclear weapons. Andrew's main project will be the publication of a second edition of WRI's Handbook for Nonviolent Campaigns.

Our new publication Sowing Seeds: The Militarisation of Youth and How to Counter It, has been available to buy in print for a few months now. You can now also read the whole book online here! Through articles, images, survey data and interviews, the book documents the seeds of war that are planted in the minds of young people in many different countries. Please share it.