Eighteen arrested at U.S. Mission to the U.N. demanding the U.S. sign the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty
Photo by Felton Davis. More photos by Erik McGregor
The Nuclear Resister, December 1, 2023
On November 30, activists affixed a 10-foot-long sticker to the windows of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations which read, “U.S. sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.” This strong message to the U.S. Mission was delivered by members of the Atlantic Life Community, Catholic Workers, New York City War Resisters League and Nukewatch.
The nuclear abolition activists, holding signs and banners and singing protest songs, blocked all three entrance doors to the U.S. Mission. Soon after the blockade was in place, the Mission played a taped message instructing employees to “shelter in place”. read more….
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REMEMBER HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
August 6, 2023
On the 78th anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima, the U.S.S. Intrepid aircraft carrier held an 80th birthday party for itself (though its “birthday” was actually ten days later in 1943), extending a special invitation to children to attend the festivities.
To protest this astonishing attempt to forget history, a coalition of peace, veteran, and social justice groups gathered at the military recruiting station in Times Square, then marched along 42nd Street — with police escort — to the Intrepid, which has been docked for years in the Hudson on the west side of Manhattan.
There they joined others already in place with signs, banners, leaflets, not-so-festive black balloons, peace flags, and tables featuring paper crane folding lessons for the children of the captive audience waiting to board the warship.
The paper cranes reflect the story of Sadako Sasaki, a two-year-old Japanese child poisoned by the Hiroshima bombing. Ten years later, following her leukemia diagnosis, she tried to fold 1,000 cranes that, according to Japanese legend, would grant the folder any wish. She did not succeed and died three months afterwards.
In an unannounced action, more than a dozen members of Veterans for Peace and Raging Grannies blended into the crowd going on to the Intrepid, then came together at the bow of the ship to unveil peace banners, parading around the flight deck, and singing antiwar songs. Remarkably, they were able to do this for 10 to 15 minutes before being asked to stop.
CLOSE GUANTANAMO NOW! RALLY
Wed., January 11, 2023
January 11, 2023, marked 21 years since the Guantánamo Bay prison was opened. Over 700 men and boys have been released, but thirty-five Muslim men remain without charge after decades of detention and abuse, including torture. Vigil and rally on the steps of the NY Public Library:
Lots more photos by Linda Novenski here and Hideoko Otake here
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Climate Change and Militarism
Organized by Veterans for Peace, endorsed by NYC WRL and others
November 14, 2022 across from the UN
See Ellen Davidson’s photo essay
At the UN Headquarters in New York City we demanded the UN to tell all militaries to report their emissions and announce their emission reduction plans. This is especially critical for the US military, which is the world’s largest institutional emitter and a larger emitter than most countries.
Even though with the Paris Climate Agreement at COP15, nations agreed to report and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, military emissions were excluded. Again, at COP25 in Glasgow reporting of military emissions was not made mandatory. That is why Veterans for Peace and allies protested outside the UN Headquarters in New York City to tell the UN to demand all militaries report their emissions and announce their emission reduction plans. This is especially critical for the US military, which is the world’s largest institutional emitter and a larger emitter than most countries.
END WAR, MEND THE PLANET!
Protest All U.S. Wars
Thursday, October 7, 2022
Friday, October 7th. NYC’s Union Square. The 21st anniversary of U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. Three dozen of us showed up for a vigil calling for an end to U.S. military intervention not only in Afghanistan but also Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Pakistan, Somalia, Libya, not to mention the 700-plus U.S. military bases and outposts spread across 80 countries.
Aside for the usual lunchtime hustle and bustle, we shared part of Union Square with a conservative Mennonite gospel choir and their pamphleteers. For what it’s worth, we, too, were passing out flyers, not to mention “singing songs and carrying signs” … and banners.
Vigil & Exhibit Against Nuclear Weapons
Saturday, August 6, 2022
Bowling Green Park, Manhattan
77 years after the U.S. bombing of that city, and three days later, Nagasaki. Sadly, few remember, chillingly bringing to mind George Santayana’s prediction.
Nevertheless, in a small effort to keep that history alive, NYC War Resisters League set up an exhibit about those bombings, the history of nuclear weapons, and opposition to them, which we have done every year since the 50th anniversary. Before 1995, WRL, along with groups such as Catholic Worker, organized demonstrations annually beginning with Year One in 1946.
Yesterday the exhibit was on display in Manhattan’s Bowling Green Park — better known to the public as the location of that iconic statue of rampant capitalism, the “charging bull,” which drew a lot more people than we did. Perhaps a 7,000-lb. bronze mushroom cloud or another symbol of nuclear horror is in order?
No Nukes!
August 2, 2022
Protest and Blockade at US Mission to UN
August 2, 2022, for almost four hours on a sunny and rather hot Tuesday, the NYC War Resisters League along with several other peace, social justice, and environmental organizations were part of a nonviolent sit-in at the U.S. Mission during the second day of the UN’s month-long Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference. About 100 participated in the demonstration, eleven of whom were eventually arrested while blocking the two doors to the U.S. Mission.
Our goal was to disrupt “nuclear diplomacy” as usual — which for decades has meant talk talk talk with little to no action — to demand the United States and other “nuclear countries” get rid of their nuclear weapons, especially in this time of increased nuclear saber-rattling around the war in Ukraine.
The demonstration began at the UN’s Isaiah Wall with the holding of signs and banners, vigiling, singing, and street theater before we marched two blocks up First Avenue to the U.S. Mission, which sits directly across the street from the United Nations. That’s when the sit-in began, which managed to shut down the Mission for a couple hours until the police arrested all the demonstrators.
Inside the Mission during our demonstration, there was an announcement directed to employees that because of “civil unrest” outside, employees needed to “shelter in place”! Until the arrests were completed, no one entered or left the Mission.
Despite that over-the-top Mission warning, the demonstration attracted a lot of visitors, including reporters, tourists, delegates from the UN conference, a Japanese Hibakusha from Hiroshima who was 9 months old when he survived the bombing, and even “Miss Teen Pacific” in her tiara who joined the sit-in long enough to hold one of our signs and pose for a selfie.
Demonstration Against Taxes for U.S. Wars
date: Thursday, April 15, 2021
It was a bit wet but a great group showed up anyway for our “traditional” tax day demonstration at the IRS on Broadway in lower Manhattan. We’ll be out again on May 17, 2021.
Close Guantánamo!
Download this flyer with background on Guantánamo and ideas for action, including leaflet the flyer on Jan. 11 or email it to your contacts.
Thanks to our friends at the Metro New York Religious Campaign against Torture, an affiliate of the National Religious Campaign against Torture
Join Witness Against Torture for nightly Zoom gatherings and fasting from January 11-15, 2021.
Celebrate the Nuclear Weapons Ban
And Demand the United States Disarm Now!
Friday, Jan. 22, The Day Nuclear Weapons Become Outlawed! The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations will enter into force on January 22, 2021. Demand that the United States support the treaty and disarm!
For those in the NYC area who wish to process:
• Meet at Union Square (14th St. steps) @ 10:30 am
• Masked, safely spaced, we will walk with banners and signs up to the Isaiah Wall, to arrive about 12 noon
• Or, meet at Isaiah Wall at 12 noon
• We will then walk directly up First Avenue to the U.S. Mission to the UN.
https://www.facebook.com/events/665488200784357
Organizations participating include Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34), NYC War Resisters League, Pax Christi Metro NYC, Catholic Worker, Kings Bay Plowshares 7 support team, the Grannies, Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World, Peace Action NYS, among others.
NYC WRL has also endorsed a project of Peace Action NY and Manhattan Project for a Nuclear Free World to thank the 51 nations who ratified the treaty by delivering a yellow rose and simple gifts, along with a thank you card to the missions. This will take place during the week of Jan. 18. More information at info@panys.org.
Click here for more info about national actions
Stop the War in Yemen!
Monday, Jan. 25
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Protest and March Against War Profiteers
1:30 pm: Meet at Union Square (14th St. Steps)
2:15 pm: Begin walk with signs and banners up Lexington Ave. to L3 Technologies
3:00 pm: Rally at L3 Technology, 600 Third Ave (btw 39th and 40th Sts.)
L3 Technologies is a multi-billion dollar profiteer in the War in Yemen
Stop the War in Yemen international actions & endorsers: https://www.facebook.com/events/1377822562419049
19 Years of U.S. War in Afghanistan
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Manhattan Bridge Plaza at Canal and Bowery
(just two blocks from the WRL office)
Opposing all other U.S. wars and the government’s war on the climate, the economy, and the poor. We demand the Pentagon budget be slashed to pay reparations to victims and for other human needs.
Sponsors: NYC War Resisters League, Brooklyn For Peace, Peace Action New York State, Peace Action of Staten Island, World Can’t Wait, Catholic Worker NYC, Kairos Community, Peace Action Bay Ridge, Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, Granny Peace Brigade NYC, Green Party of Brooklyn
Protest of Taxes for War & Militarization
Use Our Money for Healthcare Not Warfare!
July 15, 2020
IRS offices, downtown Manhattan
In addition many of us openly refuse to pay war taxes to the IRS and instead rerout that money to organizations and people who are underfunded or are suffering because of distorted priorities of the U.S. government. For more information on how to resist taxes for war, go to www.nwtrcc.org.
Sponsoring Organizations: NYC War Resisters League, Peace Action New York State, Brooklyn For Peace, NYC Raging Grannies, Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34, Catholic Worker, Kairos Community, World Can’t Wait (list in formation)
Black Lives Matter
June 29, 2020
NYC
While many of us have been out to some of the protests, not all of us managed to get our photo in Time magazine with a bold sign. Way to go, John
Virtual Protest of Taxes for War
DATE: Wednesday, April 15, 2020
TIME: 8 am to 5 pm
LOCATION: Everywhere
On this “traditional” deadline day to file income taxes, we will be conducting a virtual demonstration to protest the obscene amount of U.S. tax dollars being spent on the Pentagon and U.S. wars around the world while people have inadequate or no health care, go without meals, are homeless, are out of work, lack educational opportunities.
We’re joining with National War Tax Resistance for this virtual protest. www.nwtrcc.org/2020/04/09/tax-day-press-release-2020/
VIRTUAL DEMONSTRATIONS These actions can include posting a photo of you with sign — or just the sign/image alone — to . . .
- NYC WRL’s Facebook page
- National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee to post on their War Tax Day website
- nycWRL@nycwarresisters.org for us to upload to NYC WRL webpage
- your social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) using #NoTaxes4War and #NWTRCC
- email your organizations, friends, and relatives
Please include #NoTaxes4War and #NWTRCC in your posts.
In addition many of us will be openly refusing to pay war taxes to the IRS and instead will be rerouting that money to organizations and people who are underfunded or are suffering because of distorted priorities of the U.S. government. For more information on how to resist taxes for war, go to www.nwtrcc.org.
For images of possible signs you can use, go to /wtr-posters-and-signs/
Sponsored by NYC War Resisters League, Brooklyn For Peace, NYC Metro Pax Christi, Peace Action/NY State, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34, Peace Action/Maine, Bay Ridge Peace Action, Peace Action of Staten Island, Western New York Peace Center, Syracuse Peace Council, Beyond War and Militarism, Upper Hudson Peace Action, Peace Action Manhattan, Granny Peace Brigade, Massachusetts Peace Action [list in formation]
If you plan to participate, please check “going” on our Facebook event page for the action.
For more information, email nycWRL@nycwarresisters.org or call 718-768-7306
Protest Endless War in Iraq
— 17th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq —
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Because of various precautions, closures, and other restrictions (keeping in mind our numbers and social distancing), the Mar. 19th Iraq War demonstration was relocated
DATE: Thursday, March 19, 2020
TIME: noon to 1 pm
MANHATTAN LOCATION: Union Square, 14th St. steps
MANHATTAN LOCATION: Washington Heights
BROOKLYN LOCATION: Grand Army Plaza, Flatbush Ave. and Union St.
VIRTUAL DEMONSTRATIONS Also, on Thursday a “virtual” action was suggested for those who preferred not to attend an outdoor event: submitting photos with a sign posted to Facebook event page or emailed to nycWRL@nycwarresisters.org for us to upload
Thursday, March 19 marked the 17th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Despite a formal withdrawal of troops in 2011, this U.S.-led military operation was renewed in 2014 as Operation Inherent Resolve and continues in Iraq to this day.
Sponsored by NYC War Resisters League, NYS Peace Action, Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34, Catholic Worker, Kairos, Peace Action NYS, Peace Action/Manhattan, Raging Grannies, Pax Christi Metro New York, Brooklyn For Peace, Granny Peace Brigade, World Can’t Wait
Facebook event page for the action. For more information, email nycWRL@nycwarresisters.org or call 718-768-7306
Demonstrate against Endless War
date: Monday October 7, 2019
assemble: 12:30 pm Unchanged: assemble: 12:30 pm
location: Union Square, 14th St. steps, Manhattan1:30 pm: march down University Place
2 pm: vigil will continue in Washington Square Park
(NOTE: Extinction Rebellion’s Global October Rebellion will begin a week [through Oct. 11] of activities in Washington Square Park at 2 pm where there will be “workshops, trainings, art-making, teach-ins, activities for kids, music … including information about how to take part in actions.” For more information about XR’s events, go to this link.)
We’ll have signs and banners connecting the 18 years of the U.S. war on Afghanistan, to militarism and climate change. Or bring your own signs.
Sponsored by NYC War Resisters League, Peace Action New York State, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, Granny Peace Brigade NYC, Catholic Worker, Pax Christi Metro New York, Brooklyn For Peace, Veterans for Peace/NYC Chapter 34, NYC Code Pink (list in formation).
If you are able to join us, please check “going” on the Facebook event page.
For more information: nycWRL@nycwarresisters.org or call 718-768-7306
Climate March and Rally
date: Friday, September 20, 2019
assemble: 12:30 pm
location: IRS, 290 Broadway at Duane (one block from Foley Square), then march to Battery Park, Manhattan
We’ll have signs connecting war, militarism and climate change — or bring your own. See the Climate Strike website for event details.
For more information: nycWRL@nycwarresisters.org or call 718-768-7306
Hiroshima Day Demonstration Against Nuclear Weapons
Sunday, August 4, 2019
Join us as we stand against nuclear weapons on this 74th anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima. On display will be a 20-panel exhibit chronicling the history of the nuclear arms race, the connection with nuclear power, historic demonstrations against nuclear weapons and power, and what can be done to prevent this on-going deadly menace from becoming a worldwide cataclysm.
12 to 5 pm: Nuclear Weapons Exhibit and Vigil at Temperance Plaza in Tompkins Square Park, just east of Avenue A and St. Marks Place, in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Demonstration Against Taxes for U.S. Wars
date: Monday, April 15, 2019
time: noon to 1 pm (rain or shine*)
place: Internal Revenue Service at 290 Broadway (near Duane St.), Manhattan
* last we looked there was scaffolding around the building so we should be protected from rain
Description: We will be in front of the Manhattan IRS in lower Manhattan to protest the enormous government spending on all current U.S. wars as well as payments being made to past U.S. wars. We will also encourage and support people who choose to refuse payment of war taxes to the IRS. Please join us with signs, banners, leaflets, and singing!
On the Facebook event page, check “going” if you plan to attend.
Click on image to download a 2-up PDF of the call-to-action flyer (then cut into two pieces).
Sponsors: NYC War Resisters League, Catholic Worker, NYC Kairos Community, Peace Action NYS, Brooklyn For Peace, Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34, CodePink NYC, Raging Grannies, Pax Christi Metro New York, Granny Peace Brigade, Peace Action Bay Ridge, Bronx Peace Action, World Can’t Wait, Samidoun — Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, NYC Democratic Socialists of America Anti-War Working Group
For more information: nycWRL@nycwarresisters.org or call 718-768-7306
Demonstration Against the Endless Iraq War
16th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq
date: Tuesday, March 19, 2019
time: noon to 2 pm
place: U.S. Military recruiters near Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC)
BEGIN: 26 Federal Plaza (near Duane St. in lower Manhattan)
ROUTE: west along Chambers St. to BMCC
Description: Protest against recruiters targeting young people for the military on this 16th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. We will meet at 26 Federal Plaza, march past several military recruiting offices along Chambers Street, to the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), where students, many of them economically disadvantaged, are regularly targeted by recruiters to join the armed forces.
On the Facebook event page, check “going” if you plan to attend.
Sponsors: Granny Peace Brigade, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, Extinction Rebellion (XR), Metropolitan Anarchist Coordinating Council (MACC), NYC War Resisters League, Catholic Worker, World Can’t Wait, Peace Action/Manhattan, Vets for Peace/Chapter 34, Green Party of Brooklyn, Brooklyn For Peace, Code Pink NYC, NYC Kairos Community, Pax Christi Metro New York, Peace Action New York State, Peace Action Bay Ridge, Peace Action Staten Island
For more information: nycWRL@nycwarresisters.org or call 718-768-7306
Demonstration Against Endless U.S. War on Afghanistan
Sunday, October 7, 2018
noon to 2 pm
assemble at NY Public Library (Fifth Ave. at 41st St.)
march to Times Square Military Recruiting Station (7th Ave. and 43rd St.)
On October 7, 2001, the U.S. launched a military strike against Afghanistan. Now 17 years later, tens of thousands are dead, even more wounded, millions displaced, and more than $2,400 billion spent, this war — the longest war in U.S. history — shows no sign of ending.
Assemble at noon for a vigil on this 17th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, followed by a solemn march to the Times Square military recruiting station for a demonstration against endless wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, northern Africa with U.S. special forces operating secretly in dozens of other countries.
If you’re on Facebook, please select “GOING” (if you are) on the event page for the action.
Sponsors (list in formation): NYC War Resisters League, Catholic Worker/New York City, Peace Action New York State, Granny Peace Brigade, NY Metro Raging Grannies, Brooklyn For Peace, World Can’t Wait, Uptown Progressive Action, Kairos Community, Pax Christi Metro New York, Code Pink/NYC, Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34, Metro New York Military Families Speak Out
For more information: nycWRL@nycwarresisters.org or call 718-768-7306
Hiroshima Day Demonstration Against Nuclear Weapons
Sunday, August 5, 2018
Join us as we stand against nuclear weapons on this 73rd anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima. On display will be a 20-panel exhibit chronicling the history of the nuclear arms race, the connection with nuclear power, historic demonstrations against nuclear weapons and power, and what can be done to prevent this on-going deadly menace from becoming a worldwide cataclysm.
12 to 5 pm: Nuclear Weapons Exhibit and Vigil at Temperance Plaza in Tompkins Square Park, just east of Avenue A and St. Marks Place, in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Protest Taxes for War
April 17, 2018 • Tuesday
noon – 1 pm
IRS (290 Broadway at Duane St., 2 blocks north of City Hall)
Because of the escalating U.S. spending on war and the military — current military spending for $857 billion by the Pentagon and other departments, plus $644 billion continued spending for past wars — we will gather for a picket and vigil at the IRS office (Broadway at Duane) a couple blocks north of City Hall in Manhattan.
We will also encourage people to considering refusing to pay these taxes to the Internal Revenue Service and, instead, reroute them to organizations seeking to create a better world for all people.
April 14 to May 3 is also part of the international Global Days of Action on Military Spending, organized by Global Campaign on Military Spending and supported by the International Peace Bureau.
If you’re on Facebook and can attend the action, please check “going” on our event page.
Sponsored by NYC War Resisters League, Catholic Worker, Kairos, World Can’t Wait, Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, Brooklyn For Peace, Granny Peace Brigade (list in formation)
For more information: nycWRL@nycwarresisters.org or call 718-768-7306
Protest the Endless Iraq War
March 19, 2018 • Monday
11:30 am – 1 pm
NY Public Library (Fifth Ave. & 41st St., steps near the north “Lion”)
Vigil against this war — now 15 years since the U.S. invasion of Iraq — beginning at 11:30 am, followed by a 12 noon march along 42nd St. to the Times Square military recruiting station (43rd St. and 7th Ave.), where we’ll continue the demonstration until 1 pm.
Sponsors (list in formation): NYC War Resisters League, Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34, Pax Christi Metro New York, World Can’t Wait, Brooklyn For Peace, Granny Peace Brigade, knowdrones.com, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, Peace and Justice Committee of Uptown Progressive Action
Please selection “going” on our Facebook event page
For more information: nycWRL@nycwarresisters.org or call 718-768-7306
Stop Endless U.S. Wars
October 7, 2017 • Saturday
11:30 am – 1 pm
Gather at 11:30 am in Washington Square Park (between the fountain and the arch) for a vigil on this 16th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, then at 12 noon join a solemn march to Union Square for a demonstration against U.S. war threats to North Korea, and endless wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, among other countries, and the abolition of all nuclear weapons.
Click on image above to download a 2-up PDF of the call to action flyer for the event.
Sponsors (list in formation): NYC War Resisters League, Catholic Worker/New York City, Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34, Pax Christi Metro New York, Peace Action New York State, Granny Peace Brigade, Raging Grannies, Peace Action/Manhattan, Green Party of Brooklyn, Brooklyn For Peace, World Can’t Wait, Uptown Progressive Action, Military Families Speak Out/NYC, Rise and Resist
Please selection “going” on our Facebook event page
For more information: nycWRL@nycwarresisters.org or call 718-768-7306
Blockade of the U.S. Mission to the UN
June 19, 2017 (Monday)
11:30 am: gather at Isaiah Wall (First Ave. & 43rd Street)
12 noon: press conference
12:15 pm: march to U.S. Mission to the UN (First Avenue and 45th Street)
In mid-June the UN resumes negotiations on a treaty to outlaw all nuclear weapons that began for a week in March. Last fall 123 countries voted for this treaty but the U.S. was among the 38 countries who voted against the ban.
We are organizing a nonviolent direct action to call attention to the dangers of nuclear weapons and to protest the United States blatant refusal to participate in UN negotiations to ban nuclear weapons. We will gather at the Isaiah Wall (First Ave. & 43rd St.), then march two blocks north to block the entrances of the U.S. Mission to the UN (First Ave. & 45th St.).
Please check “going” or “interested” on the Facebook event page
Sponsors: NYC War Resisters League, Peace Action Manhattan, Peace Action NYS, Raging Grannies, Granny Peace Brigade, Pax Christi Metro NY, Campaign for Peace and Democracy, Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace, Brooklyn For Peace, Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives, Veterans For Peace – NYC Chapter 34, Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World, Peace Action of Staten Island, Bay Ridge Peace Action and Interfaith Coalition, United for Peace and Justice, World Can’t Wait, Catholic Worker/NY, Kairos Community, Nuclear Resister, Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, Peace & Planet
RELATED EVENTS:
June 17 (Sat.), Women’s March to Ban the Bomb, noon to 4 pm, beginning in Bryant Park (40th St. btwn Fifth & Sixth Ave.) and ending in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (47th St. btwn First & Second Ave.), Manhattan, hosted by Reaching Critical Will and WILPF
June 18 (Sun.), No Nukes, War, Wall, or Warming Forum, 1 pm to 6 pm, Friends Meeting, 110 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn, hosted by Peace & Planet
Tax Day Demonstration at the IRS
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
noon to 1 pm
IRS Office, 290 Broadway (near Duane St.), Manhattan
We will gather for a picket and vigil at the IRS offices a couple blocks north of City Hall to protest our tax dollars being spent on all the U.S. wars and the military, and to encourage resistance to paying these taxes to the IRS.
To download a 2-up call to action flyer for the demonstration, click on the image to the right.
Please visit our Facebook event page
Co-sponsors (list in formation): NYC War Resisters League, Brooklyn For Peace, World Can’t Wait, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, Pax Christi Metro New York, NYC Catholic Worker, Granny Peace Brigade, Peace Action NYS
Outlaw Nuclear Weapons Vigil at the UN
Monday, March 27, 2017
noon to 1 pm
Isaiah Wall, First Ave. & 43rd St.
On March 27 the UN begins a week of negotiations on a treaty to outlaw all nuclear weapons. Last fall 123 countries voted for this treaty but the U.S. was among the 38 countries who voted against the ban. After this week the negotiations resume in June and July. Join us across from the UN as we demand that the U.S. change its vote and — once and for all — lead the way to a world free of nuclear weapons.
Co-sponsors (list in formation): NYC War Resisters League, Brooklyn For Peace, World Can’t Wait, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, Pax Christi Metro New York, NYC Catholic Worker, Peace Action NYS, Peace Action Staten Island
U.S. Invasion of Iraq 14th Anniversary
Sunday, Mar. 19, 2017, noon, NY Public Library (Fifth Ave. & 41 St.) for vigil, then march to Times Square Armed Forces Recruiting Station (Seventh Ave. & 43 St.) for demonstration. Rude Mechanical Orchestra will be joining us!
Co-sponsors: NYC War Resisters League, Brooklyn For Peace, World Can’t Wait, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, Pax Christi Metro New York, Green Party of Brooklyn, Gotham Greens, Veterans For Peace NYC Chapter 34, Peace Action NYS, Peace Action Manhattan, Peace Action Staten Island, Kairos Community, Women in Black/Union Square, United for Peace and Justice, NYC Code Pink, Granny Peace Brigade, NYC Catholic Worker
U.S. Invasion of Afghanistan 15th Anniversary
Friday, Oct. 7, 2016
U.S. Military Recruitment Station
Times Square, 43rd St. and Seventh Ave., Manhattan
Noon to 1 pm
Subway: 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, Q, R, S trains
Please sign up on our Facebook event page
Sponsoring organizations: NYC War Resisters League, Brooklyn For Peace, World Can’t Wait, Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34, Granny Peace Brigade, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, North Manhattan Neighbors for Peace and Justice, Peace Action of NYS, United National Antiwar Coalition, Green Party of Brooklyn
Hiroshima Day Demonstration Against Nuclear Weapons
Saturday, August 6, 2016
Join us as we stand against nuclear weapons on this 71st anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima. On display will be a 20-panel exhibit chronicling the history of the nuclear arms race, the connection with nuclear power, historic demonstrations against nuclear weapons and power, and what can be done to prevent this on-going deadly menace from becoming a worldwide cataclysm.
12 to 5 pm: Nuclear Weapons Exhibit and Vigil at Temperance Plaza in Tompkins Square Park, just east of Avenue A and St. Marks Place, in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Vigil Against Nuclear Weapons as Obama Visits Hiroshima
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Join us as we stand against nuclear weapons as Obama becomes the first American president to visit Hiroshima.
12 to 1 pm: Vigil across from the United Nations at the Isaiah Wall, 43rd Street and First Avenue, Manhattan. Depending on weather and interest, the demonstration may begin sooner and last longer.
Closest subway stop is at “Grand Central Terminal” on the 4, 5, 6, 7, and S trains. Also the M15 bus runs right up First Avenue and the M42 crosstown bus stops a block away at 42nd St. and First Ave.
Sponsoring organizations (list in formation): NYC War Resisters League, Brooklyn For Peace, World Can’t Wait, Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34, Pax Christi Metro New York, NYC Granny Peace Brigade, Peace Action NYS, Peace Action Manhattan.
Demonstration Against War Taxes and Military Spending
Monday, April 18, 2016
Vigiling and leafleting in front of the IRS
12 to 1 pm: Vigil in front of the Internal Revenue Service headquarters, 290 Broadway (btwn Reade and Duane Streets) in Manhattan, 2 blocks north of City Hall.
#resistwartaxes
Co-sponsored by Granny Peace Brigade, Brooklyn For Peace, and WESPAC.
U.S. Invasion of Iraq Anniversary
Saturday, March 19, 2016
12 pm: Vigil at New York Public Library (Fifth Ave. & 41 St.) with signs, banners, coffin
1 pm: Silent march to Times Square Military Recruiting Station (Bwy & 43 St.), where we will vigil, carry signs and banners, coffin, and hand out leaflets calling for an end to the Iraq war as well as the U.S.-initiated wars in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and other countries in the region.
Click on image (to the right) to download a two-up version of the flyer we handed out during the Mar. 19th action.
Facebook Event page for the action
So far, co-sponsors include NYC War Resisters League, World Can’t Wait, Granny Peace Brigade, Brooklyn For Peace, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, United National Antiwar Coalition, Catholic Worker, Kairos Community, Peace Action/New York State, Pax Christi/NY Metro, Vets for Peace, International Action Center, People’s Climate Movement, MADRE, Peace Action/Manhattan, Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives, We Will Not Be Silent, North Manhattan Neighbors for Peace and Justice, Washington Heights Women in Black, Washington Heights Counter Recruitment, Iraq Vets Against the War, Green Party of Brooklyn, Lone Wolf Tribe, Iraq Veterans Against the War.
#EndIraqWar
TAX DAY 2022, Monday, April 18
Monday, April 18, 2022, TAX DAY
DIVEST YOUR TAXES FROM WAR
Noon – 1:30 pm
12 noon Gather at IRS, 290 Broadway (@Duane St.), Manhattan
12:45 March to Wall Street, protest war profiteers
The climate and peace movements come together for a rally and short march in front of the IRS this tax day, April 18th, to demand that our tax money stop being used to fund endless war and environmental destruction. The Pentagon is the number one institutional consumer of oil on the planet. In order to maintain it’s 800+ military bases around the world, the Pentagon alone produces more fossil fuel emissions than 140 other countries, COMBINED.
We march down to Wall Street to confront the war profiteers at the NY Stock Exchange.
Sponsored by NYC War Resisters League, Extinction Rebellion NYC, NYC Veterans For Peace, Brooklyn for Peace, The World Can’t Wait, Peace Action New York State, 350 NYC
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For more information or to co-sponsor, email nycWRL@nycwarresisters.org or call 718-768-7306
End the 19-year-old U.S. War in Iraq
Ban Killer Drones
Saturday, March 19, 2022
Vigil, march, demonstration protesting the 19th anniversary of the unending U.S. war in Iraq that has caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands civilians and combatants, and cost more than $2 trillion
12 noon — assemble and rally at Times Square military recruiting station
12:30 pm — march west through midtown to the High Line at 30th Street for vigil at the Drone sculpture (Ban Killer Drones!) with Rude Mechanical Orchestra
Sponsored by NYC War Resisters League, Catholic Worker, World Can’t Wait, Kairos Community, Pax Christi New York State, Brooklyn For Peace, Veterans For Peace/NYC Chapter 34, New York City Raging Grannies, Granny Peace Brigade NYC, Peace Action New York State, Peace Action Manhattan, Pax Christi Metro New York, CodePink NYC
Vigil & Exhibit Against Nuclear Weapons
76 years since the U.S. bombed Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Saturday, August 7, 2021 (in person)
Noon to 5 pm
Temperance Plaza, Tompkins Square Park
just east of Avenue A and St. Marks Place, Manhattan
Please stop by to read the exhibit and join us as we stand against nuclear weapons on the 76th anniversary of the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On display will be a 20-panel exhibit chronicling the history of the nuclear arms race, the connection with nuclear power, historic demonstrations against nuclear weapons and power, and what can be done to prevent this continuing deadly menace from becoming a worldwide cataclysm.
For more information: nycWRL@nycwarresisters.org or call 718-768-7306
Demonstrate Against Taxes for War
Taxes for Peace — Not for War!
Monday, May 17, 2021
3 pm – 5 pm
Times Square Military Recruiting Station (43 St. & 7th Ave.), followed by march to GPO (32 St. & 8th Ave.)
On May 17 — the final day to file federal income taxes — we will demonstrate against federal income taxes being spent on the U.S. military and its wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, Pakistan, and other countries instead of being spent on desperately needed medical care, climate change, housing, education, pollution abatement, meaningful jobs, and general improvement in the quality of life.
3 pm Gather at the Times Square Armed Forces Recruiting Station, 43rd Street and Seventh Avenue.
3:30 pm March down Eighth Avenue to 32nd Street. We will be joined by Rude Mechanical Orchestra.
4 to 5 pm Protest, vigil, and leaflet at the General Post Office and Moynihan Train Hall.
Please join us with signs, banners, leaflets, singing, masks, all the while maintaining 6 feet of spacing. If you plan to attend, please check “going” on the Facebook event page for the action.
To download a 2-up PDF of the call-to-action flyer, click on the image below (when printing, be sure to cut into two halves):
We will also providing information about refusing to pay taxes for war. For more information on how federal income taxes dollars are spent, please see the War Resisters League’s “pie chart” at https://www.warresisters.org/resources/pie-chart-flyers-where-your-income-tax-money-really-goes
Sponsors: NYC War Resisters League, Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34, Brooklyn For Peace, Peace Action New York State, Granny Peace Brigade, Peace Action of Staten Island, Manhattan Project for a Nuclear Free World, Catholic Worker, Kairos Community, Pax Christi Metro New York (list in formation).
Demonstration Against Taxes for U.S. Wars
date: Thursday, April 15, 2021
It was a bit wet but a great group showed up anyway for our “traditional” tax day demonstration at the IRS on Broadway in lower Manhattan. We’ll be out again on May 17, 2021.
Close Guantánamo!
Download this flyer with background on Guantánamo and ideas for action, including leaflet the flyer on Jan. 11 or email it to your contacts.
Thanks to our friends at the Metro New York Religious Campaign against Torture, an affiliate of the National Religious Campaign against Torture
Join Witness Against Torture for nightly Zoom gatherings and fasting from January 11-15, 2021.
Celebrate the Nuclear Weapons Ban
And Demand the United States Disarm Now!
Friday, Jan. 22, The Day Nuclear Weapons Become Outlawed! The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations will enter into force on January 22, 2021. Demand that the United States support the treaty and disarm!
For those in the NYC area who wish to process:
• Meet at Union Square (14th St. steps) @ 10:30 am
• Masked, safely spaced, we will walk with banners and signs up to the Isaiah Wall, to arrive about 12 noon
• Or, meet at Isaiah Wall at 12 noon
• We will then walk directly up First Avenue to the U.S. Mission to the UN.
https://www.facebook.com/events/665488200784357/
Organizations participating include Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34), NYC War Resisters League, Pax Christi Metro NYC, Catholic Worker, Kings Bay Plowshares 7 support team, the Grannies, Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World, Peace Action NYS, among others.
NYC WRL has also endorsed a project of Peace Action NY and Manhattan Project for a Nuclear Free World to thank the 51 nations who ratified the treaty by delivering a yellow rose and simple gifts, along with a thank you card to the missions. This will take place during the week of Jan. 18. More information at info@panys.org.
Click here for more info about national actions
Stop the War in Yemen!
Monday, Jan. 25
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Protest and March Against War Profiteers
1:30 pm: Meet at Union Square (14th St. Steps)
2:15 pm: Begin walk with signs and banners up Lexington Ave. to L3 Technologies
3:00 pm: Rally at L3 Technology, 600 Third Ave (btw 39th and 40th Sts.)
L3 Technologies is a multi-billion dollar profiteer in the War in Yemen
Stop the War in Yemen international actions & endorsers: https://www.facebook.com/events/1377822562419049
19 Years of U.S. War in Afghanistan
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Manhattan Bridge Plaza at Canal and Bowery
(just two blocks from the WRL office)
Opposing all other U.S. wars and the government’s war on the climate, the economy, and the poor. We demand the Pentagon budget be slashed to pay reparations to victims and for other human needs.
Sponsors: NYC War Resisters League, Brooklyn For Peace, Peace Action New York State, Peace Action of Staten Island, World Can’t Wait, Catholic Worker NYC, Kairos Community, Peace Action Bay Ridge, Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, Granny Peace Brigade NYC, Green Party of Brooklyn
Protest of Taxes for War & Militarization
Use Our Money for Healthcare Not Warfare!
July 15, 2020
IRS offices, downtown Manhattan
In addition many of us openly refuse to pay war taxes to the IRS and instead rerout that money to organizations and people who are underfunded or are suffering because of distorted priorities of the U.S. government. For more information on how to resist taxes for war, go to www.nwtrcc.org.
Sponsoring Organizations: NYC War Resisters League, Peace Action New York State, Brooklyn For Peace, NYC Raging Grannies, Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34, Catholic Worker, Kairos Community, World Can’t Wait (list in formation)
Black Lives Matter
June 29, 2020
NYC
While many of us have been out to some of the protests, not all of us managed to get our photo in Time magazine with a bold sign. Way to go, John
Virtual Protest of Taxes for War
DATE: Wednesday, April 15, 2020
TIME: 8 am to 5 pm
LOCATION: Everywhere
On this “traditional” deadline day to file income taxes, we will be conducting a virtual demonstration to protest the obscene amount of U.S. tax dollars being spent on the Pentagon and U.S. wars around the world while people have inadequate or no health care, go without meals, are homeless, are out of work, lack educational opportunities.
We’re joining with National War Tax Resistance for this virtual protest. www.nwtrcc.org/2020/04/09/tax-day-press-release-2020/
VIRTUAL DEMONSTRATIONS These actions can include posting a photo of you with sign — or just the sign/image alone — to . . .
- NYC WRL’s Facebook page
- National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee to post on their War Tax Day website
- nycWRL@nycwarresisters.org for us to upload to NYC WRL webpage
- your social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) using #NoTaxes4War and #NWTRCC
- email your organizations, friends, and relatives
Please include #NoTaxes4War and #NWTRCC in your posts.
In addition many of us will be openly refusing to pay war taxes to the IRS and instead will be rerouting that money to organizations and people who are underfunded or are suffering because of distorted priorities of the U.S. government. For more information on how to resist taxes for war, go to www.nwtrcc.org.
For images of possible signs you can use, go to /wtr-posters-and-signs/
Sponsored by NYC War Resisters League, Brooklyn For Peace, NYC Metro Pax Christi, Peace Action/NY State, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34, Peace Action/Maine, Bay Ridge Peace Action, Peace Action of Staten Island, Western New York Peace Center, Syracuse Peace Council, Beyond War and Militarism, Upper Hudson Peace Action, Peace Action Manhattan, Granny Peace Brigade, Massachusetts Peace Action [list in formation]
If you plan to participate, please check “going” on our Facebook event page for the action.
For more information, email nycWRL@nycwarresisters.org or call 718-768-7306
Protest Endless War in Iraq
— 17th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq —
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Because of various precautions, closures, and other restrictions (keeping in mind our numbers and social distancing), the Mar. 19th Iraq War demonstration was relocated
DATE: Thursday, March 19, 2020
TIME: noon to 1 pm
MANHATTAN LOCATION: Union Square, 14th St. steps
MANHATTAN LOCATION: Washington Heights
BROOKLYN LOCATION: Grand Army Plaza, Flatbush Ave. and Union St.
Iraq War vigil at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, Mar. 19, 2020. Photos by Ed Hedemann
Union Square vigil marking 17th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Mar. 19, 2020. Photos by Vicki Rovere
Photo by John Breitbart
Vigilers in Washington Heights against the endless war in Iraq on the 17th anniversary of the U.S. invasion. Photo by Alice Sutter
VIRTUAL DEMONSTRATIONS Also, on Thursday a “virtual” action was suggested for those who preferred not to attend an outdoor event: submitting photos with a sign posted to Facebook event page or emailed to nycWRL@nycwarresisters.org for us to upload
Thursday, March 19 marked the 17th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Despite a formal withdrawal of troops in 2011, this U.S.-led military operation was renewed in 2014 as Operation Inherent Resolve and continues in Iraq to this day.
Sponsored by NYC War Resisters League, NYS Peace Action, Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34, Catholic Worker, Kairos, Peace Action NYS, Peace Action/Manhattan, Raging Grannies, Pax Christi Metro New York, Brooklyn For Peace, Granny Peace Brigade, World Can’t Wait
Facebook event page for the action. For more information, email nycWRL@nycwarresisters.org or call 718-768-7306
Demonstrate against Endless War
date: Monday October 7, 2019
assemble: 12:30 pm Unchanged: assemble: 12:30 pm
location: Union Square, 14th St. steps, Manhattan
1:30 pm: march down University Place
2 pm: vigil will continue in Washington Square Park
(NOTE: Extinction Rebellion’s Global October Rebellion will begin a week [through Oct. 11] of activities in Washington Square Park at 2 pm where there will be “workshops, trainings, art-making, teach-ins, activities for kids, music … including information about how to take part in actions.” For more information about XR’s events, go to this link.)
We’ll have signs and banners connecting the 18 years of the U.S. war on Afghanistan, to militarism and climate change. Or bring your own signs.
Sponsored by NYC War Resisters League, Peace Action New York State, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, Granny Peace Brigade NYC, Catholic Worker, Pax Christi Metro New York, Brooklyn For Peace, Veterans for Peace/NYC Chapter 34, NYC Code Pink (list in formation).
If you are able to join us, please check “going” on the Facebook event page.
Climate March and Rally
date: Friday, September 20, 2019
assemble: 12:30 pm
location: IRS, 290 Broadway at Duane (one block from Foley Square), then march to Battery Park, Manhattan
We’ll have signs connecting war, militarism and climate change — or bring your own. See the Climate Strike website for event details.
Hiroshima Day Demonstration Against Nuclear Weapons
Sunday, August 4, 2019
Join us as we stand against nuclear weapons on this 74th anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima. On display will be a 20-panel exhibit chronicling the history of the nuclear arms race, the connection with nuclear power, historic demonstrations against nuclear weapons and power, and what can be done to prevent this on-going deadly menace from becoming a worldwide cataclysm.
12 to 5 pm: Nuclear Weapons Exhibit and Vigil at Temperance Plaza in Tompkins Square Park, just east of Avenue A and St. Marks Place, in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Demonstration Against Taxes for U.S. Wars
date: Monday, April 15, 2019
time: noon to 1 pm (rain or shine*)
place: Internal Revenue Service at 290 Broadway (near Duane St.), Manhattan
* last we looked there was scaffolding around the building so we should be protected from rain
Sponsors: NYC War Resisters League, Catholic Worker, NYC Kairos Community, Peace Action NYS, Brooklyn For Peace, Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34, CodePink NYC, Raging Grannies, Pax Christi Metro New York, Granny Peace Brigade, Peace Action Bay Ridge, Bronx Peace Action, World Can’t Wait, Samidoun — Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, NYC Democratic Socialists of America Anti-War Working Group
Demonstration Against the Endless Iraq War
16th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq
date: Tuesday, March 19, 2019
time: noon to 2 pm
place: U.S. Military recruiters near Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC)
BEGIN: 26 Federal Plaza (near Duane St. in lower Manhattan)
ROUTE: west along Chambers St. to BMCC
Sponsors: Granny Peace Brigade, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, Extinction Rebellion (XR), Metropolitan Anarchist Coordinating Council (MACC), NYC War Resisters League, Catholic Worker, World Can’t Wait, Peace Action/Manhattan, Vets for Peace/Chapter 34, Green Party of Brooklyn, Brooklyn For Peace, Code Pink NYC, NYC Kairos Community, Pax Christi Metro New York, Peace Action New York State, Peace Action Bay Ridge, Peace Action Staten Island
Demonstration Against Endless U.S. War on Afghanistan
Sunday, October 7, 2018
noon to 2 pm
assemble at NY Public Library (Fifth Ave. at 41st St.)
march to Times Square Military Recruiting Station (7th Ave. and 43rd St.)
Click on image for downloadable call-to-action flyer as 2-up PDF.
Assemble at noon for a vigil on this 17th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, followed by a solemn march to the Times Square military recruiting station for a demonstration against endless wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, northern Africa with U.S. special forces operating secretly in dozens of other countries.
Hiroshima Day Demonstration Against Nuclear Weapons
Sunday, August 5, 2018
Aug. 5, 2018, Tompkins Square Park
Join us as we stand against nuclear weapons on this 73rd anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima. On display will be a 20-panel exhibit chronicling the history of the nuclear arms race, the connection with nuclear power, historic demonstrations against nuclear weapons and power, and what can be done to prevent this on-going deadly menace from becoming a worldwide cataclysm.
12 to 5 pm: Nuclear Weapons Exhibit and Vigil at Temperance Plaza in Tompkins Square Park, just east of Avenue A and St. Marks Place, in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Protest Taxes for War
April 17, 2018 • Tuesday
noon – 1 pm
IRS (290 Broadway at Duane St., 2 blocks north of City Hall)
Because of the escalating U.S. spending on war and the military — current military spending for $857 billion by the Pentagon and other departments, plus $644 billion continued spending for past wars — we will gather for a picket and vigil at the IRS office (Broadway at Duane) a couple blocks north of City Hall in Manhattan.
We will also encourage people to considering refusing to pay these taxes to the Internal Revenue Service and, instead, reroute them to organizations seeking to create a better world for all people.
April 14 to May 3 is also part of the international Global Days of Action on Military Spending, organized by Global Campaign on Military Spending and supported by the International Peace Bureau.
If you’re on Facebook and can attend the action, please check “going” on our event page.
Sponsored by NYC War Resisters League, Catholic Worker, Kairos, World Can’t Wait, Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, Brooklyn For Peace, Granny Peace Brigade (list in formation)
For more information: nycWRL@nycwarresisters.org or call 718-768-7306
Protest the Endless Iraq War
March 19, 2018 • Monday
11:30 am – 1 pm
NY Public Library (Fifth Ave. & 41st St., steps near the north “Lion”)
Vigil against this war — now 15 years since the U.S. invasion of Iraq — beginning at 11:30 am, followed by a 12 noon march along 42nd St. to the Times Square military recruiting station (43rd St. and 7th Ave.), where we’ll continue the demonstration until 1 pm.
Sponsors (list in formation): NYC War Resisters League, Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34, Pax Christi Metro New York, World Can’t Wait, Brooklyn For Peace, Granny Peace Brigade, knowdrones.com, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, Peace and Justice Committee of Uptown Progressive Action
Please selection “going” on our Facebook event page
For more information: nycWRL@nycwarresisters.org or call 718-768-7306
Stop Endless U.S. Wars
October 7, 2017 • Saturday
11:30 am – 1 pmGather at 11:30 am in Washington Square Park (between the fountain and the arch) for a vigil on this 16th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, then at 12 noon join a solemn march to Union Square for a demonstration against U.S. war threats to North Korea, and endless wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, among other countries, and the abolition of all nuclear weapons.
Click on image above to download a 2-up PDF of the call to action flyer for the event.
Sponsors (list in formation): NYC War Resisters League, Catholic Worker/New York City, Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34, Pax Christi Metro New York, Peace Action New York State, Granny Peace Brigade, Raging Grannies, Peace Action/Manhattan, Green Party of Brooklyn, Brooklyn For Peace, World Can’t Wait, Uptown Progressive Action, Military Families Speak Out/NYC, Rise and Resist
Please selection “going” on our Facebook event page
For more information: nycWRL@nycwarresisters.org or call 718-768-7306
Blockade of the U.S. Mission to the UN
June 19, 2017 (Monday)
11:30 am: gather at Isaiah Wall (First Ave. & 43rd Street)
12 noon: press conference
12:15 pm: march to U.S. Mission to the UN (First Avenue and 45th Street)
In mid-June the UN resumes negotiations on a treaty to outlaw all nuclear weapons that began for a week in March. Last fall 123 countries voted for this treaty but the U.S. was among the 38 countries who voted against the ban.
We are organizing a nonviolent direct action to call attention to the dangers of nuclear weapons and to protest the United States blatant refusal to participate in UN negotiations to ban nuclear weapons. We will gather at the Isaiah Wall (First Ave. & 43rd St.), then march two blocks north to block the entrances of the U.S. Mission to the UN (First Ave. & 45th St.).
Please check “going” or “interested” on the Facebook event page
Sponsors: NYC War Resisters League, Peace Action Manhattan, Peace Action NYS, Raging Grannies, Granny Peace Brigade, Pax Christi Metro NY, Campaign for Peace and Democracy, Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace, Brooklyn For Peace, Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives, Veterans For Peace – NYC Chapter 34, Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World, Peace Action of Staten Island, Bay Ridge Peace Action and Interfaith Coalition, United for Peace and Justice, World Can’t Wait, Catholic Worker/NY, Kairos Community, Nuclear Resister, Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, Peace & Planet
RELATED EVENTS:
June 17 (Sat.), Women’s March to Ban the Bomb, noon to 4 pm, beginning in Bryant Park (40th St. btwn Fifth & Sixth Ave.) and ending in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (47th St. btwn First & Second Ave.), Manhattan, hosted by Reaching Critical Will and WILPF
June 18 (Sun.), No Nukes, War, Wall, or Warming Forum, 1 pm to 6 pm, Friends Meeting, 110 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn, hosted by Peace & Planet
Tax Day Demonstration at the IRS
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
noon to 1 pm
IRS Office, 290 Broadway (near Duane St.), Manhattan
Filthy Rotten System band entertaining demonstrators in front of the IRS, April 18, 2017. Photo by Ed Hedemann.
We will gather for a picket and vigil at the IRS offices a couple blocks north of City Hall to protest our tax dollars being spent on all the U.S. wars and the military, and to encourage resistance to paying these taxes to the IRS.
To download a 2-up call to action flyer for the demonstration, click on the image to the right.
Please visit our Facebook event page
Co-sponsors (list in formation): NYC War Resisters League, Brooklyn For Peace, World Can’t Wait, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, Pax Christi Metro New York, NYC Catholic Worker, Granny Peace Brigade, Peace Action NYS
Outlaw Nuclear Weapons Vigil at the UN
Monday, March 27, 2017
noon to 1 pm
Isaiah Wall, First Ave. & 43rd St.
On March 27 the UN begins a week of negotiations on a treaty to outlaw all nuclear weapons. Last fall 123 countries voted for this treaty but the U.S. was among the 38 countries who voted against the ban. After this week the negotiations resume in June and July. Join us across from the UN as we demand that the U.S. change its vote and — once and for all — lead the way to a world free of nuclear weapons.
Co-sponsors (list in formation): NYC War Resisters League, Brooklyn For Peace, World Can’t Wait, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, Pax Christi Metro New York, NYC Catholic Worker, Peace Action NYS, Peace Action Staten Island
U.S. Invasion of Iraq 14th Anniversary
Sunday, Mar. 19, 2017, noon, NY Public Library (Fifth Ave. & 41 St.) for vigil, then march to Times Square Armed Forces Recruiting Station (Seventh Ave. & 43 St.) for demonstration. Rude Mechanical Orchestra will be joining us!
Click image to download a 4-up PDF of the call-to-action flyer.
Co-sponsors: NYC War Resisters League, Brooklyn For Peace, World Can’t Wait, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, Pax Christi Metro New York, Green Party of Brooklyn, Gotham Greens, Veterans For Peace NYC Chapter 34, Peace Action NYS, Peace Action Manhattan, Peace Action Staten Island, Kairos Community, Women in Black/Union Square, United for Peace and Justice, NYC Code Pink, Granny Peace Brigade, NYC Catholic Worker
U.S. Invasion of Afghanistan 15th Anniversary
Part of the Times Square demonstration against the Afghan War, Oct. 7, 2016. Photo by Ed Hedemann
Friday, Oct. 7, 2016
U.S. Military Recruitment Station
Times Square, 43rd St. and Seventh Ave., Manhattan
Noon to 1 pm
Subway: 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, Q, R, S trains
Please sign up on our Facebook event page
Sponsoring organizations: NYC War Resisters League, Brooklyn For Peace, World Can’t Wait, Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34, Granny Peace Brigade, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, North Manhattan Neighbors for Peace and Justice, Peace Action of NYS, United National Antiwar Coalition, Green Party of Brooklyn
Hiroshima Day Demonstration Against Nuclear Weapons
Saturday, August 6, 2016
Couple reading anti-nuclear exhibit on Hiroshima Day, Aug. 6, 2016. Photo by Ed Hedemann
Join us as we stand against nuclear weapons on this 71st anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima. On display will be a 20-panel exhibit chronicling the history of the nuclear arms race, the connection with nuclear power, historic demonstrations against nuclear weapons and power, and what can be done to prevent this on-going deadly menace from becoming a worldwide cataclysm.
12 to 5 pm: Nuclear Weapons Exhibit and Vigil at Temperance Plaza in Tompkins Square Park, just east of Avenue A and St. Marks Place, in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Vigil Against Nuclear Weapons as Obama Visits Hiroshima
Demonstrators the Isaiah Wall across the street from the UN during Obama’s visit to Hiroshima. Photo by Ed Hedemann.
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Join us as we stand against nuclear weapons as Obama becomes the first American president to visit Hiroshima.
12 to 1 pm: Vigil across from the United Nations at the Isaiah Wall, 43rd Street and First Avenue, Manhattan. Depending on weather and interest, the demonstration may begin sooner and last longer.
Closest subway stop is at “Grand Central Terminal” on the 4, 5, 6, 7, and S trains. Also the M15 bus runs right up First Avenue and the M42 crosstown bus stops a block away at 42nd St. and First Ave.
Sponsoring organizations (list in formation): NYC War Resisters League, Brooklyn For Peace, World Can’t Wait, Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34, Pax Christi Metro New York, NYC Granny Peace Brigade, Peace Action NYS, Peace Action Manhattan.
Demonstration Against War Taxes and Military Spending
Monday, April 18, 2016
Tax Day 2016 (April 18) in front of the IRS at 290 Broadway. Photo by Ed Hedemann.
Vigiling and leafleting in front of the IRS
12 to 1 pm: Vigil in front of the Internal Revenue Service headquarters, 290 Broadway (btwn Reade and Duane Streets) in Manhattan, 2 blocks north of City Hall.
#resistwartaxes
Co-sponsored by Granny Peace Brigade, Brooklyn For Peace, and WESPAC.
U.S. Invasion of Iraq Anniversary
Saturday, March 19, 2016
12 pm: Vigil at New York Public Library (Fifth Ave. & 41 St.) with signs, banners, coffin
1 pm: Silent march to Times Square Military Recruiting Station (Bwy & 43 St.), where we will vigil, carry signs and banners, coffin, and hand out leaflets calling for an end to the Iraq war as well as the U.S.-initiated wars in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and other countries in the region.
Demonstrators in front of the Times Square military recruiting center, Mar. 19, 2016. Photo by Ed Hedemann.
Rally in front of NY Public Library just before marching to Times Square military recruiting station, Mar. 19, 2016. Photo by Ed Hedemann.
Click on image (to the right) to download a two-up version of the flyer we handed out during the Mar. 19th action.
Facebook Event page for the action
So far, co-sponsors include NYC War Resisters League, World Can’t Wait, Granny Peace Brigade, Brooklyn For Peace, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, United National Antiwar Coalition, Catholic Worker, Kairos Community, Peace Action/New York State, Pax Christi/NY Metro, Vets for Peace, International Action Center, People’s Climate Movement, MADRE, Peace Action/Manhattan, Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives, We Will Not Be Silent, North Manhattan Neighbors for Peace and Justice, Washington Heights Women in Black, Washington Heights Counter Recruitment, Iraq Vets Against the War, Green Party of Brooklyn, Lone Wolf Tribe, Iraq Veterans Against the War.
#EndIraqWar
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