War Resisters League Peace Award

Der War Resisters League Peace Award (deutsche Übersetzung: „Friedenspreis d​es Verbandes d​er Kriegsgegner“) w​ird seit 1958 v​on der 1923 gegründeten Organisation War Resisters League verliehen. Die i​n den USA ansässige Organisation m​it Hauptsitz i​n New York i​st eine US-amerikanische Sektion d​er War Resisters’ International u​nd propagiert Gewaltlosigkeit i​m Sinne Mahatma Gandhis.

Preisträger
  • 1958 Jeannette Rankin
  • 1961 Tracy Mygatt, Frances Witherspoon
  • 1962 Jim Peck
  • 1963 Dorothy Day
  • 1964 James und Diane Bevel
  • 1965 Bayard Rustin
  • 1966 Norman Thomas
  • 1967 Barbara Deming
  • 1968 The Resistance
  • 1970 People Resisting within the Military
  • 1971 Majorie Swann
  • 1974 Daniel Berrigan
  • 1975 Dave Dellinger
  • 1976 Julius Eichel
  • 1977 Marion und Ernest Bromley
  • 1978 David Berkingoff und Prafulla Mukerj
  • 1979 Igal Roodenko
  • 1980 Grace Paley
  • 1982 Bent Andreson
  • 1983 Virginia Eggleston, Thomas Grabell, Ashley King
  • 1984 Larry Gara
  • 1985 Barbara Reynolds
  • 1986 Plowshares Disarmament Community
  • 1987 Dorie Bunting
  • 1988 Those who have continued to focus peace work on Vietnam post-war: Don Luce, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, John McAuliff, David Truong, Bob Eaton and Lady Borton
  • 1989 Children of War
  • 1990 Esther Pank and Riley Bostrom
  • 1991 Gulf War Resisters
  • 1992 War Tax Resisters and Colrain, MA, war tax resistance activists
  • 1996 The Living Theatre
  • 1997 Robert Parris Moses
  • 1998 Movement Musicians: Odetta, Charlie King, People's Voice Cafe, Pete Seeger
  • 1999 David McReynolds
  • 2000 Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques
  • 2001 Kate Donnelly und Clay Colt
  • 2002 Christian Peacemaker Teams
  • 2003 September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
  • 2004 Fernando Suarez
  • 2005 Karl Bissinger, Ralph DiGia
  • 2006 Women Resisting War from within the Military
  • 2007 Center for Constitutional Rights and torture Abolition Survivors and Support Coalition; posthumer Preis für das Lebenswerk an die Schriftstellerin Grace Paley
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