This week marks the 25th anniversary of 9/11. There has been much reflection about the wars and the direction the U.S. has taken since that time. For many war tax resisters the costs of war in terms of economic investment and the human toll are often on our collective mind. A little over 3 weeks… Continue reading
Our next War Tax Resistance 101 on Zoom will be Saturday, September 26 at 12p Eastern/ 9a Pacific. It is sponsored by NWTRCC & Pace e Bene’s WTR Affinity Group. Registration is here. Our next National War Tax Resistance Conference in person will be in Las Vegas, Nevada (November 6-8, 2026). More info here. We… Continue reading
The IRS was already struggling with a deficit in staff and funds before the pandemic, but the pandemic accentuated these problems. They slowly recovered with extra funding and staffing during the Biden administration… only to suffer devastating cuts to staff and funding shortly after Trump took office for the second time. The remaining IRS staff… Continue reading
NWTRCC’s May 2026 conference on Zoom attracted about 100 participants. Friday evening featured two half-hour sessions where participants could socialize in small groups based on themes offered during registration. We then separated into breakout rooms with themes suggested by participants during registration. One session was a bit more formalized and featured Socialist Washington State congressional… Continue reading
On Thursday February 5th (1pm Eastern/ 10am Pacific), NWTRCC will host an introduction to W-4 resistance. This new online session will address one of the most frequently asked questions of war tax resisters (WTR) by both those new and experienced in this practice- How do I fill out my W-4 form? In the session we… Continue reading
To commemorate the first anniversary of Trump’s inauguration, we will host a War Tax Resistance 101 on Zoom on Tuesday January 20th at 8p Eastern / 5p Pacific. Choose Democracy’s National Tax Strike will also be joining us for this session. Interest in war tax resistance continues to increase in the wake of ICE violence,… Continue reading
For the first time in two years, we held our twice-yearly war tax resistance conference in person. We are very thankful to Patricia Kirkpatrick, an AdComm member in Worcester, who was a local organizer and hosted several attendees in her family’s home. Our conference events on Friday and Saturday were held at the Worcester Friends… Continue reading
Editors Note this piece was writen by Paul Popinchalk and first appeared in The Catholic Radical, January 2025 a publication of the Worcester Catholic Worker that will be helping host the NWTRCC November 7-9 Conference. Paul will be speaking on a panel on resistance along with Claire Schaeffer-Duffy a member of the Saints Francis &… Continue reading
NWTRCC will be hosting an introduction to war tax resistance (WTR 101) workshop on Saturday September 27th at 12 pm Eastern/ 9 am Pacific time. The session will be co-facilitated with members of the Pace e Bene tax resistance affinity group. Some of the topics included will be myths about WTR, navigating NWTRCC’s website, looking… Continue reading
The recent NWTRCC Outreach meeting began with talking about peaches and how sweet they were this year in some parts of the country. Cathy Deppe was the first to arrive. When asked why she looked so aglow, she responded that it was because she got to meet with all of us on that day…. Continue reading
In a recent Boston Globe column (“Resisting Trump: The Revival of Tax Protest,” April 10), Alex Beam points to a time-honored way of resisting violence and war: refusing to pay for it. He highlights the activism of the Pioneer Valley in western Massachusetts, and central to that activism were Juanita and Wally Nelson, two peace… 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