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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
- War Tax Resistance 101 on Zoom (Thursday July 23 at 8p Eastern). Register here.
- War Tax Resistance Films – Showing in Portland, Oregon (Tue. June 23 @ 5p) at Albina Library, 255 NE Russell St: Free showings of 2 documentaries: “Death and Taxes” and “An Act of Conscience”; Discussion will follow each film. For more information, contact https://www.instagram.com/ocpeacefund/
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
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
I find myself torn once again between getting myself out the door to be at a demonstration versus doing all the personal and behind-the-scenes political projects that are piled up around me. This weekend is the Women’s March on the...Continue reading→
Public vs. Quiet Resistance
Making your war tax resistance public brings attention to the harm caused by militarism and military spending, can help galvanize others to action against war, and encourages civil disobedience. However, many resisters, for whatever reason, choose not to be outspoken...Continue reading→
Conscience and History: The WTR Movement Is A Myth
Welcome to another post in the Conscience and History series, highlighting some of the writing in the newsletter of the Conscience and Military Tax Campaign (CMTC), published from 1980 to 1995. So many of the discussions within the war tax...Continue reading→
Niger Needs Food, Not Drones
Ed and I had an amazing trip twelve years ago to the Sahara Desert in Niger, one of the poorest countries in the world. For those of you who know us, the reason we’ve traveled to some more unusual places...Continue reading→
