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Check It Out!
One of the participants at MennoCon23 (a Mennonite Conference) panel discussing war tax resistance said “Check out NWTRCC’s webpage, it is a comprehensive resource for war tax resistance.” One of the easiest ways to navigate the site is through the search bar. Many of the resources that we bring to tables like we did at… Continue reading
Pioneers of the Modern American War Tax Resistance Movement
War tax resistance has been practiced in America since long before there was a United States of America, but the modern war tax resistance movement that NWTRCC is a part of began to coalesce in the 1940s. Here are some brief biographies of some of the pioneers of this movement who began resisting by that… Continue reading
Resist!
Are you ready to start resisting the use of your money to pay for war and militarism? Prefer audio/visual information? See our intro webinar at the bottom of this page. ⇒ War Tax Resistance Learn what war tax resistance is, which taxes are war taxes, and some of the terminology surrounding war tax resistance. ⇒ Motivations War… Continue reading
Matthew Hoh
I Will No Longer Pay Taxes for War! “If a thousand men were not to pay their tax bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood. This is, in fact, the definition of… Continue reading
Readings
Readings on Money Rosenwald essays Wikipedia pages What Does the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby Decision Mean to War Tax Resisters? Transcript of a talk by attorney Peter Goldberger, given at the November 2014 NWTRCC Gathering. War Tax Resistance for a Better World A transcript of NWTRCC’s first Google Hangout, featuring three panelists sharing their experiences… Continue reading
Motivations
What Motivates You? War tax resisters have similar concerns about warfare, militarism, and how these things are promoted by taxes. But we also have a lot of differences. We cover a wide ideological spectrum, and range from reformers who want to fix the government so that it prioritizes human needs over Pentagon spending to revolutionaries… Continue reading
Consequences
“The IRS has a huge collection process that lasts for years and at every stage of that collection process, the war tax resister has a choice about what to do. So that’s why I believe that it’s really a one step at a time kind of thing, and that imagining the worst possible consequences before… Continue reading
2000s
The 2000s 2003: Julia Butterfly Redirects $150K – Largest Ever “The greatest changes in history have only come when people are willing to put everything on the line.” —Julia Butterfly Hill While marching in the financial district in San Francisco to protest the impending Iraq invasion, celebrated tree-sitter and author Julia Butterfly Hill chose to take another… Continue reading
Blog
Summer Reading of Resistance
Ruth compiled a long list of summer reading books on war tax resistance. Some are available from NWTRCC and the others can be ordered elsewhere online. For longtime and new resisters alike, our Practical WTR series has a lot of important information that will help you figure out how to do war tax resistance in… Continue reading
Will I Get Audited?
In meeting with a new war tax resister recently, his first questions were about what will happen when he refuses to pay. “I expect an agent will come to my door, and I’ll be audited,” he said. There was a time some decades ago when many war tax resisters (WTRs) were audited, but that is… Continue reading
