War Resisters' International [SEP] inception
War Resisters' International
War Resisters' International (WRI), headquartered in London, is an international anti-war organisation with members and affiliates in over 30 countries.
History.
"War Resisters' International" was founded in Bilthoven, Netherlands in 1921 under the name "Paco", which means "peace" in Esperanto. WRI adopted a founding declaration that has remained unchanged:
It adopted the broken rifle as its symbol in 1931.
Many of its founders had been involved in the resistance to
- Pacifism
- Antimilitarism
- War resister
- War Resisters League
Further reading.
- Clark, Howard: "War Resisters' International", in "Encyclopaedia of Nonviolence", Garland Publishing 1997. See note on discussion page.
- Prasad, Devi: "War is a Crime against Humanity: The story of War Resisters' International", London: War Resisters' International 2005
- Bennett, Scott. "Radical Pacifism: The War Resisters League and Gandhian Nonviolence in America, 1915–1963"