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 …


 

The War Tax Resistance Store

To order: Use the PayPal shopping cart system below or print out an order form and mail in a check with your order. Call (1-800-269-7464) or email the NWTRCC office for bulk orders that don't fit the options below. Shipping costs in the shopping cart are based on a percentage of total order cost; with the new website we have tried to adjust this to make the costs as accurate as possible. Most orders are shipped by US Postal Service priority mail.

NWTRCC Affiliates: PayPal shopping cart does not allow for the 20% Affiliate discount. Please order by phone or mail.

You can order multiple copies in the Shopping Cart window after you click on "Add to Cart."

[See also: Publications & Resources]

Posters

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]

Thoreau quote: “If a thousand were not to pay their tax bills…” Alexander Haig quote: “Let them march all they want…” Ask not what your governmen takes from you, but what it is that they do with the money Who pays for war? 49% of your taxes at work.
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
 
 
 

DVDs

Sliding Scale

DVD cover death and taxesDeath 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 DVD 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.

 

Bumpersticker

bumperstickerIf You Want Peace, Stop Paying for War!
11″×2″, blue ink on white ($1 each)
Bumperstickers
 

Buttons

1¾" button • $1 ea. • Thoreau image with text: “Don’t Pay War Taxes

4 buttons2¼” 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
Specify Button

Scarves

Stay Warm and Inform with a "Foreclose on War, Invest in People" Scarf

Choose color; click separately to order 1 or more of each color

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.


To order items by mail, print out an order form and mail in a check with your order. Thank you!