Papers, 1940-1985.

Committee for Nonviolent Action

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The Committee for Nonviolent Action was organized in 1957 by Lawrence Scott to protest nuclear tests in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was one of the first United States peace groups to promote nonviolent direct action, including civil disobedience. Leaders included A.J. Muste, Brad Lyttle, George Willoughby, and Neil Haworth. CNVA helped sponsor the voyages of the Phoenix and the Golden Rule (1958), Omaha Action (1959), Polaris Action (1961), the San Francisco to Moscow Walk for Peace (1961), the voyage...

Swarthmore College. Peace Collection.

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Kepler, Roy C.

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Radical pacifist; conscientious objector during World War II, during which he was active in political organizing in Civilian Public Service camps; owned paperback bookstore in Berkeley, CA; worked with draft resisters during the Vietnamese Conflict; a founder of the Pacifica Foundation and public radio in Berkeley, CA; active with the War Resisters League, particularly West Coast branches; also with the Peacemakers, the Committee for Nonviolent Action, the Institute for the Study of Nonviolence,...

Institute for the Study of Nonviolence

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Peacemaker Movement

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The Peacemaker Movement, often simply called "Peacemakers," emerged from a call for a conference in Chicago following Mahatma Gandhi's death. In 1959 they described themselves as a "grass roots group which emphasizes fundamental radical action to undermine the war system. We advocate non-registration to the draft, war tax refusal, economic sharing, community living, personal revolution." The founders of Peacemakers were pacifists seeking to rally others to the ideals of nonviolence, based on a s...

Third Camp (Organization)

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Civilian Public Service

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Pacifica Foundation

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The first listener-subscription FM educational radio station. Began broadcasting 15 April 1949. From the description of Publicity brochures and papers, 1949-1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122566009 Listener-supported Radio Organization. Founded in 1946 by Lewis Hill, Eleanor McKinney and others. From the description of Records. 1946-1991. (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 34530061 ...

War Resisters League

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The War Resisters League (WRL) was established in 1923 through the initiative of Jessie Wallace Hughan. It began as an organization for men and women willing to sign a pledge refusing to support war of any kind. During World War II, it lent both moral and legal support to conscientious objectors, especially absolute pacifists who refused to participate even in civilian alternative service, often for reasons other than religious beliefs. In 1968, the WRL merged with the Committee for Nonviolent A...