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Who We Are
The National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee is a coalition of local, regional, and national groups and individuals from across the United States. For everyone interested in or actively refusing to pay taxes for war, NWTRCC offers information, referral, support, resources, publicity, campaign sponsorship, and connection to an international network of conscientious objectors to war taxes.
Upcoming Events
- Introduction to WTR workshop with Northern California War Tax Resistance (NCWTR) and SURJ Bay Area on Zoom (Thursday August 20 at 7p Pacific). Register here.
- War Tax Resistance 101 on Zoom (Thursday August 27 at 8p Eastern). Register here.
- W4 Resistance Workshop: Stopping Federal Income Tax Withholding (Tuesday, September 9 at 5p Central) in Madison, Wisconsin at Madison Central Library, 201 W Mifflin St, Room 101. Sponsored by the World Beyond War – War Tax Resistance Work Group.
- National War Tax Resistance Conference in Las Vegas (November 6-8, 2026). More info here.
For full list of WTR events, including upcoming local in-person workshops, click here.
New Resources
The new War Tax Resistance Guidebook was published in March 2025. Order your copy here!
National Tax Strike launched by Choose Democracy
Anyone can file the Peace Tax Return — whether you are low income, high income, protesting, resisting, or refusing.
Recent Blog Posts
WRL Pie Chart for World War I?
[Editor’s Note: Ed Hedemann created this post for a portion of NWTRCC’s website in 2015 that no longer exists. With it being the 100th anniversary of War Resisters League this year, it seemed appropriate to re-post it.] Had the War...Continue reading→
Legacy of Witness: MennoCon 23
When the largest denomination of Mennonites in the U.S. met in Kansas City for MennoCon 19, H.A. Penner, along with other Mennonite war tax resisters, had put together a proposal that the Mennonite Church U.S.A. renew its Church Peace Tax...Continue reading→
Positive Responses to WTR
This string came off the war tax resistance listserve, which you can sign up for here. Ask questions, start a discussion topic, like Angie did, or ask for feedback about an issue related to war tax resistance. Angie got it...Continue reading→
I am a “Symbolic Resister”
By Shirley Whiteside Back in December 2021, I wrote a letter to my 2 U.S. Senators — with no expectation — just a need to vent. I had written to both about U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and Sen. Rand Paul’s...Continue reading→
