Psychologists for Social Responsibility has issued a range of public statements and letters on issues central to our work and mission. Below is a listing of recent examples, with links to PDF versions suitable for printing and distribution.
PsySR Issues Statement on Psychological Health and Well-Being
PsySR Signs Letter to President Calling for Halt to "Fracking"
PsySR Signs Statement Calling for End of U.S. Support for Bahrain's Repressive Government
PsySR Joins Coalition in Opposing Expansion of Presidential War-Making Powers
PsySR's Letter to Congress on Budget Cuts, Poverty, and Inequality
PsySR's Follow-Up Open Letter on PFC Bradley Manning's Forced Nudity and Solitary Confinement
PsySR Joins Other Groups in Support for Spanish Court Investigations of Torture
PsySR's Open Letter on PFC Bradley Manning's Solitary Confinement
PsySR Calls on the Government of Israel to Lift the Siege of Gaza
Letter to the Governor of Puerto Rico in Support of Non-violence, Dialogue, and Negotiation
Immigration Reform, Yes -- Scapegoating and Racial Profiling, No
Child Abuse and the Catholic Church: The Need for Dialogue and Justice
PsySR's Statement on the APA and the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel
Coalition Letter to President Obama on Torture and Transparency
Coalition Letter to APA Board on Psychologist Involvement in Abusive Interrogations
PsySR issues a statement expressing strong support for the Occupy movements, which serve as a source of inspiration, hope, and unity for millions of citizens (October 20, 2011).
PsySR issues a statement highlighting the need to limit the excessive protections provided by “corporate personhood” in order to better promote human welfare (October 7, 2011).
PsySR issues a statement highlighting the urgent challenges faced by professionals and the public in more broadly advancing psychological health and well-being during this time of growing economic, social, and environmental crisis (September 19, 2011).
PsySR joins other organizations in a letter urging President Obama to halt hydraulic fracturing until and unless the environmental and health impacts are well understood and the public is adequately protected (August 8, 2011).
PsySR joins the Campaign for Peace and Democracy in a statement calling for an end to U.S. support for governmental repression in Bahrain, which has included the arrest of health professionals for providing care to wounded protesters (May 16, 2011).
PsySR joins a coalition of 23 organizations in sending a memorandum to the U.S. House Committee on Armed Services opposing language in a bill that would dramatically expand the President's war-making powers (May 9, 2011).
PsySR sends a letter (signed by 166 members) to members of the U.S. Senate, the House of Representatives, and President Obama expressing deep concern over budget cuts on millions of U.S. families and children living in poverty (April 23, 2011).
PsySR writes a follow-up letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates about the worsening pretrial detention conditions of alleged Wikileaks source PFC Bradley Manning, which now includes the humiliation of forced nudity in addition to solitary confinement (March 9, 2011).
PsySR joins other human rights groups in expressing support for Spanish courts considering cases to bring American officials to justice for the crime of torture (February 10, 2011).
PsySR issues a statement calling on U.S. leaders to stand firmly in support of democratic change in Egypt, Tunisia, and elsewhere (February 1, 2011).
PsySR writes an open letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressing deep concern over the pretrial detention conditions of alleged Wikileaks source PFC Bradley Manning, including solitary confinement, a forced lack of exercise, and possible sleep deprivation (January 3, 2011).
PsySR issues a statement, developed by members of PsySR's Poverty and Inequality Project, on the urgent need to address poverty and inequality (September 29, 2010).
PsySR issues a statement calling on the Government of Israel to end the siege of Gaza and urging health and mental health professionals to join our call (August 30, 2010).
PsySR writes to the Governor of Puerto Rico and to key officials of the University of Puerto Rico calling for dialogue, negotiations, and non-violence during the ongoing student-led strikes (May 14, 2010).
PsySR strongly opposes Arizona's SB 1070, the new state immigration law that allows enforcement officers with “reasonable suspicion” to demand proof of legal residency (May 13, 2010).
PsySR issues a statement emphasizing the need for dialogue and justice in response to growing revelations about child abuse within the Catholic Church (April 22, 2010).
PsySR issues a statement urging the American Psychological Association to change course and not hold events at the Manchester Grand Hyatt during its 2010 Annual Convention (December 23, 2009).
PsySR opposes the proposed U.S. military escalation in Afghanistan. Highlighting key psychological and human rights considerations, we instead call for a heightened focus on development and diplomacy (December 14, 2009).
PsySR joins other human rights groups in a letter to President Obama calling for an investigation of all former U.S. officials allegedly complicit in incidents or policies of torture of detainees housed at Guantánamo Bay and elsewhere (November 24, 2009).
PsySR sends a letter to Congress urging representatives to take urgent action to prevent the growing risks to our psychological health from climate change (November 6, 2009).
PsySR joins other human rights groups in an open letter to the Board of the American Psychological Association in response to the board's minimizing the extent of psychologists’ involvement in state-sanctioned abuse as well as APA’s own defense of such involvement. (June 29, 2009).
PsySR urges the appointment of an independent torture commission to examine the role of psychologists and the American Psychological Association in prisoner abuse (April 23, 2009).
PsySR issues a statement affirming its support for same-sex marriage and its opposition to any national or state legislation that seeks to deny same-sex couples the right to marry (November 24, 2008).