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.”
Join war tax resisters in DC, Boston, Tennessee, Georgia — and at local actions. More info…
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 …
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Hand printed silk screen posters (limited quantities). Produced by the San Francisco Print Collective, in conjunction with Northern California War Tax Resistance. Posters are shipped rolled in a tube. [click on image below to see larger version]
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| Thoreau quote, by Doug Minkler (color approximate) 21 × 26″, heavy paper, $10 |
Haig quote, by Doug Minkler (color approximate) 19″× 26″, heavy paper, $10 |
Ask Not, by San Francisco Print Collective 17″× 24" lightweight paper, $5 |
Who Pays, by San Francisco Print Collective 24″× 17″, horizontal, newsprint style paper, $5 |
Death and Taxes • Sliding Scale $10-$20
NWTRCC's 30-minute film covering why and how people refuse to pay for war, the risks, the benefits. Includes music by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and Antibalas and interviews with 28 resisters. Released in 2010.
Contempt of Conscience • $15
15-minute film about the Peace Tax Seven in Britain and how war tax resistance led them into a court case. Nice overview of British resistance. Click here for updated information about the Peace Tax seven and a full-length version of this film. Released in 2004.
If You Want Peace, Stop Paying for War!
1¾" button • $1 ea.
• Thoreau image with text:
“Don’t Pay War Taxes
2¼” buttons (black text on various bkgd colors) • $2 each •"Let them march all they want, as long as they pay their taxes," Haig quote • Don't Pay War Taxes • Consider War Tax Resistance • Ask Me about Resisting War Taxes

Buy one for yourself or give wintertime gifts to friends and relatives, or, double the benefit: Buy scarves for friends of Casa Maria Hospitality House in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and we’ll ship directly to them. Or, buy and donate scarves for a charity in your community. 1) NWTRCC benefits, and, 2) you help keep someone warm this winter! Scarves come in three colors — Cherry, Off-White, Patina (colors in picture are approximate). The message is embroidered in contrasting colors.