National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee

“Death and Taxes”

A NWTRCC Film about War Tax Resisters and Their Motivations

Click below to see the film:

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Teachers: See our teaching kit “Thoreau & His Heirs”

banner at the head of the 2008 march on the IRS in Washington, DC

 

Why and how do people
refuse to pay for war?

Where does the money go?

What are the consequences?

How does war tax resistance
fit into one’s life?

 

RUNNING TIME: 30 minutes

COST: Sliding scale from $10 to $20

Oliver WatersJuanita Nelson

Twenty-eight people offer their motivations for and methods of resisting the war machine with their tax money.

This tightly paced film introduces viewers to war tax refusal and redirecting tax dollars to peace, with music by Sharon Jones and the DapKings, Antibalas, Rude Mechanical Orchestra, and First Strike Theatre’s version of “Don’t Pay Taxes” by Charlie King.

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Is anything worth a tangle with the IRS?

Order “Death and Taxes” today and decide for yourself.

Excellent for workshops and presentations with time for discussion

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Sharon Jones and the DapkingsSusan QuinlanPay online with PayPal
[type “Death & Taxes” in the Purpose box]

Sliding Scale

Peter Goldbergerblockade of the IRS headquarters in Washington, DCOr send checks
(made out to NWTRCC) to
“Death and Taxes”
NWTRCCPO Box 150553
Brooklyn, NY 11215

 

Tips for Screenings (PDF)

Randy KehlerSCREENING POSTERS
(two versions, PDF)
Version 1 (black and white)
Version 1 (color, lower resolution)
Version 2 (black and white)
Version 2 (color, lower resolution)

Email NWTRCC for tabloid size poster PDFs
and higher resolution colors version


A. Jesse Jiryu DavisMartin Perna of Antibalas

“The greatest changes in history have only come when people are willing to put everything on the line.”

—Julia Butterfly Hill

 

Editing: Carlos Steward, Asheville, NC
Produced by the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee, Brooklyn, NY


A T T E N T I O N    T E A C H E R S !

“Thoreau and His Heirs” Study Guide and Kit

The History and the Legacy of Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience”

Go to nwtrcc.org/thoreau.php for more information on this teaching resource