Der War Resisters League Peace Award wird seit 1958 von der 1923 gegründeten Organisation "War Resisters League" verliehen. Die in London ansässige Organisation ist eine Sektion der War Resisters´ International und propagiert Gewaltlosigkeit im 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 Living Theatre
- 1997 Bob 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
Weblinks
- http://www.warresisters.org/
War Resisters League Peace Award
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