Peacemaker Movement
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 spiritual philosophy of life as an effective social technique. Local organizations were called "cells" and were considered the basis of the movement.
From the description of Peacemaker Movement collection, 1948-1980. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 29402761
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creatorOf | Peacemaker Movement. Peacemaker Movement collection, 1948-1980. | Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC | |
referencedIn | Champney, Horace. Horace Champney papers, 1906-1990, bulk 1958-1979. | Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC | |
referencedIn | Kepler, Roy C. Papers, 1940-1985. | Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC | |
creatorOf | Hall, Gordon,. Left-wing Pacifist Propaganda, [ca. 1950-1990]. | Brown University Archives, John Hay Library |
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associatedWith | Bromley, Ernest. | person |
associatedWith | Bromley, Marion, d. 1996. | person |
associatedWith | Champney, Horace. | person |
associatedWith | Kepler, Roy C. | person |
associatedWith | Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967. | person |
associatedWith | Nelson, Juanita, | person |
associatedWith | Nelson, Wallace F., | person |
associatedWith | Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986, | person |
associatedWith | Swann, Marjorie. | person |
associatedWith | Swarthmore College. Peace Collection. | corporateBody |
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United States |
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Draft resisters |
Nonviolence |
Pacifists |
Peace movements |
War tax resistance |
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Active 1948
Active 1980