A century of war resistance

    The War Resisters League’s storied hundred-year history is celebrated in a new book and traveling display.

    Founded in 1964 to advance research on the conditions of peace and the causes of war and violence — with five regional associations covering every corner of the planet — the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) is the world’s most established multi-disciplinary professional organization in the field of peace, human rights and conflict studies.

    Waging Nonviolence partners with other organizations and publishes their work.

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