National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee

NWTRCC News

Attention Teachers!

If you teach Thoreau or want to in­spire class­room dis­cus­sions about the change pos­sible through non­violent ac­tion and civil dis­obe­di­ence, con­sider using NWTRCC’s new teach­ing packet. Click here for more in­for­ma­tion about NWTRCC’s new study guide and kit, “Thoreau and His Heirs.”

Fall Events

Join war tax re­sist­ers in DC, Boston, Ten­nes­see, Georgia — and at local actions. More info

WTRs Report to Prison

Read about the case of Car­los Stew­ard, who headed to Fed­eral Prison Camp on Au­gust 6, 2010. His ad­dress is at the end of the ar­ti­cle.

On July 26, Frank Don­nel­ly re­ported to fed­eral prison to begin serv­ing a year sen­tence for char­ges re­lated to his re­fusal to pay for war.… Read more …


 

Connections

Links to Activist Organizations Supporting War Tax Resistance

 
Conscience and Peace Tax International
Links to groups working on war tax resistance and peace tax issues around the world.
"Don’t Owe Nothin" Method
One person’s research into refusing to pay for war using legal and by-the-book techniques.
Mennonite Central Committee
National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund
Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia
Anti-militarism and social justice issues. Learn how to stop paying for militarism.
Northern California War Tax Resistance / People’s Life Fund
Nuclear Resister
One Million Taxpayers for Peace
Peace Tax Seven
Peace Tax Escrow Account
Pledge For Peace
Southern California WTR War Tax Alternative Fund
Voices for Creative Nonviolence
War Tax Resisters Penalty Fund
War Resisters League
Web pages on war tax resistance, including sections on "Where Your Income Tax Money Really Goes" piechart and Government Actions Taken Against War Tax Resisters.
United for Peace and Justice
NWTRCC is a member of United for Peace and Justice
WTR buttons and more
Carol Moore’s online videos, plus buttons, T-shirts, magnets, etc.

Links to Blogs with War Tax Resistance Content

The Picket Line, moderated by David Gross.
Discusses living within our means without paying federal income tax — honestly, peacefully, and legally.
War Resisters League Asheville, on the ground in the Southeast
War Resisters League National Office blog
Check your Premises, moderated by Francois Tremblay.
“[A]narchy is order, whereas government is civil war.” —Anselme Bellegarrigue

Links to General Organizations Opposing War and Weapons

American Friends Service Committee — AFSC
Center on Conscience & War
CODEPINK
Collateral Repair Project
Iraq Veterans Against the War
Nevada Desert Experience
Pax Christi USA
Peace Action
START: Study, Think, Act, Respond Together
GrassrootsPeace.org
School of the Americas Watch
WAND — Women’s Action for New Directions
We’re Not Buying It