Even though the drumbeat for war in Venezuela had become louder and louder, the news on the morning of January 3rd came as a surprise to many. For months news was emerging about US troops amassing in the Caribbean and airstrikes on Venezuelan oil tankers. To date there have been 36 strikes with at least… Continue reading
[Editor’s Note: The following article was first published by Community Peacemaker Teams on 29 August 2025, as one of their Friday Bulletin emails.] Every budget is a moral document. Whether drafted by a government or an individual, it reflects what – and who – we value. As global military spending surges past two trillion dollars… Continue reading
By Christina Thompson, National Tax Strike Coordinator, and Pete Mousseaux, National Tax Strike Volunteer This June, supporters of The National Tax Strike participated in the 22nd Century Institute’s second conference in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference brought together over a thousand pro-democracy advocates and organizations for four days filled with networking, skill sharing, and inspirational programming… Continue reading
The headlines seem hard to navigate these days; change not just day to day but within the day. It has been difficult to keep track of all the different agencies getting cut, Health and Human Services this week, Education last week and FEMA while witnessing a new catastrophe weekly as a result of the climate… Continue reading
I got all tangled up trying to write a blog about producing the WRL pie chart in light of the federal budget process chaos currently discombobulating Washington. As so often happens with new administrations, there was no Trump budget proposal to analyze in time for our tax day flyer, just lots of bluster from the… Continue reading
Tax Day is right around the corner! Here are few resources you may find helpful: A link to the most up-to-date list of Tax Day actions: https://nwtrcc.org/tax-day-action-2025/ If you are hosting an event that is not on this list, there is a form to add your event at the bottom of the list. Tips for… Continue reading
Recent news of the disclosure of war plans on the Signal app has unleashed a flurry of commentary on U.S. war planning. The text chat disclosed specific operational details of the U.S. plans against the Houthi militia two hours before airstrikes were conducted. Over 2 dozen of the major planners of war were involved in… Continue reading
We war tax resisters have a new challenge in front of us: the potential demise of the IRS. Just when they were ramping up the collection system after a decade of Congressional budget cuts and the pandemic lockdown, a new regime has swept into Washington hell-bent on shrinking the government. Or at least the parts… Continue reading
“An Overlooked Avenue for Political Dissent” is the title of the one and only review on that big online bookseller for the War Resisters League book Guide to War Tax Resistance, precursor to the 2004 edition of the book titled, War Tax Resistance: A Guide to Withholding Your Support from the Military. The 5-star review… Continue reading
One thing about being out in the streets of NYC, it is never dull. Our annual tax day presence at the IRS was a lively affair this year thanks to musical accompaniment of the Raging Grannies and Filthy Rotten System, and an array of passers-by who offered support or challenged our message — some more… Continue reading
I’m working at finding hope in dark times. It helps to be in a city full of activists of one stripe or another — ceasefire, save Gaza, antiwar in one place or another, stop mass incarceration, shut down Rikers, end solitary confinement, house the unhoused, close Guantanamo, Black Lives Matter, etc. And in the midst… Continue reading
[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 Resisters League been founded a few years earlier than 1923 and was producing its annual… Continue reading