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Peaches and Peace; Other Sweet Things

  The recent NWTRCC Outreach meeting began with talking about peaches and how sweet they were this year in some parts of the country. Cathy Deppe was the first to arrive. When asked why she looked so aglow, she responded that it was because she got to meet with all of us on that day…. Continue reading

The Big Terrible Bill and Implications for War Tax Resisters

President Trump’s major budget and tax legislation was signed into law on July 4, 2025. There were several items in the bill that may interest war tax resisters. Some of the new tax laws affect 2025 taxes (filed in 2026), but most will start in 2026 or later. Overtime Pay & Tips: Starting in tax… Continue reading

Tax Resistance at the 22nd Century Institute Conference

By Christina Thompson, National Tax Strike Coordinator, and Pete Mousseaux, National Tax Strike Volunteer This June, supporters of The National Tax Strike participated in the 22nd Century Institute’s second conference in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference brought together over a thousand pro-democracy advocates and organizations for four days filled with networking, skill sharing, and inspirational programming… Continue reading

Protest and Survive

Activism against nuclear weapons got me my second arrest and pushed me further into war tax resistance. It was the late 70s into the 80s, the time of Reagan’s military build-up, nuclear threats, and No Nukes: The MUSE Concerts For a Non-Nuclear Future to inspire activism.* Over the years artists of all genres have used… Continue reading

Big Beautiful Boondoogle for Billionaires

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The headlines seem hard to navigate these days; change not just day to day but within the day. It has been difficult to keep track of all the different agencies getting cut, Health and Human Services this week, Education last week and FEMA while witnessing a new catastrophe weekly as a result of the climate… Continue reading

Federal Tax “Fast” – Don’t Wait Until April 15

It’s hard to concentrate on day-to-day tasks of late. What with the weather, projects piling up around the house, worrying about the present and future, worrying I’m not doing enough, worrying that whatever I do is so minor in the face of it all… I’ve been to the U.S. Mission to the UN a few… Continue reading

Rooted in Pacifism: Facing the Future from a Deep Tradition

By Tim Godshall When I first learned of WTR in my teenage years, I was smitten. Growing up in the Mennonite church, in which pacifism is a key part of church doctrine, I learned about our history of conscientious  objectors who refused to fight in previous wars. Since the U.S. military draft ended a few… Continue reading

War Tax Resistance: Two Complementary Visions

By Karl Meyer I see two alternative visions that I call War Tax Protest and Resistance and War Tax Refusal. I distinguish these two basic approaches by an analogy with the behavior of electrical energy. Copper is a material that allows, but resists, the passage of electric currents. The process of resistance generates heat and… Continue reading

Resisting Taxes in the Trump Era

By David Gross [Editor’s Note: David Gross wrote the following article for his website after presenting on a panel about resisting taxes in the Trump era at NWTRCC’s May 2025 conference. It is reprinted here with permission. A recording of the entire session can be found below.] Yesterday I was on a panel concerning “Resisting… Continue reading

Defund the Trump Agenda

image of Juanita Nelson speaking, with text of quote: " Is it ever right not to refuse to pay taxes, when that money is used to kill? We stand in danger of making a god of the law. An official decree cannot make a wrong thing right. Must I continue to do harm until the state give me license to stop?"

In a recent Boston Globe column (“Resisting Trump: The Revival of Tax Protest,” April 10), Alex Beam points to a time-honored way of resisting violence and war: refusing to pay for it. He highlights the activism of the Pioneer Valley in western Massachusetts, and central to that activism were Juanita and Wally Nelson, two peace… Continue reading

When Will They Ever Learn?

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April 30, 2025, marked the 50th anniversary of the end of the U.S. war in Vietnam. The poem here recently surfaced in our files and is so appropriate for remembering…and for today. When will they ever learn? Hung Wen, North Vietnam: 1972* By Karen Lillis During an air raid an old man drops to his… Continue reading