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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
Reflections on Antimilitarist Roots: War Resisters League International June 2023 Conference
After attending this year’s War Resisters’ International conference (the first since the pandemic for this international cohort of which the US’s War Resisters League is a member) I’ve been asked by friends in the peace movement “What did you learn?...Continue reading→
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...Continue reading→
John Stoner Interviewed by Mennonite Church USA
[Editor’s Note: The Mennonite Church USA recently awarded John Stoner with the Bring the Peace Award. In February, Jessica Griggs, blog editor for MC USA, interviewed John. The original interview with video can be found at tinyurl.com/4v549s64. This interview is...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 joint resolution that would...Continue reading→
