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Tax Season Is Here!
If you are somewhere between outraged and sick about all the U.S. tax money that goes to the military and to war, consider joining our public list of war tax resisters and refusers. NWTRCC has updated the War Tax Boycott website for 2012. If you are wondering how to do war tax resistance, some groups offer workshops between now and tax day, April 17, 2012. See the events list or use our contacts list to find someone in your area. If your group is doing an action about military spending and war tax resistance between now and tax day, please email the information to us and we'll post on this website.
Peace Tax Fund Bill
"We must protect conscience from war," writes Duane Shank on the Sojourners blog. The article includes links to the H.R. 1191, introduced into Congress by Rep. John Lewis (Ga.).
Being Public
Antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan continues her public response to the IRS demands for her taxes. After her son was killed in Iraq in 2004 she announced that she could no longer pay taxes to the U.S. government. She has found the need to respond to allies as well as the IRS. Read her blog...
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Local/Regional Gatherings,
Workshops, and Support Groups
February 11, 2012, New York City
Workshop and how-to for people new to war tax resistance. Free. All welcome! Click here to download flyer.
2 pm
WRL, 339 Lafayette Street
Lafayette & Bleecker Street (6 train to "Bleecker Street" D or F trains to "Broadway-Lafayette")
Sponsored by NYC War tax resisters and NYC
Email or call 718-768-7306
February 4, 2012, Bangor, Maine
Annual Meeting and Workshop, Maine War Tax Resisters and Supporters
10 am – 3 pm at the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine at 96 Harlow St. #100 in Bangor (downtown near the Library and City Hall). Potluck lunch at noon. For more info, contact Larry Dansinger at (207) 525-7776 or rosc@psouth.net. (Snow date: Sunday, February 5, same time and place.)
“What’s for Dinner” graphic from Maine’s Midcoast Peace & Justice Group and Bring Our War $$ Home campaign. Scroll down on their homepage to find a link to the poster.
On Being a War Tax Resister: Public or Private? Report by Aaron Falbel
The 26th Annual New England Regional Gathering of War Tax Resisters was held on Nov. 4–6 at Pioneer Valley Cohousing in Amherst, Massachusetts. In this congenial setting, some 36 or so resisters (and a few testing the waters) gathered to address this year’s theme, “On Being a War Tax Resister: Public or Private?”
Perhaps the highlight of the weekend was Ed Hedemann’s keynote presentation, “The Many Faces of War Tax Resistance.” Ed, a leading authority on the topic and author of the definitive guidebook, War Tax Resistance, gave a comprehensive overview of the movement, touching on different strategies and approaches, different levels of being public, and the various reasons people cite for not refusing war taxes… Read more
Photo: Karen Brandow and Charlie King performed at the New England Gathering, November 4, 2011. Photo by Ed Hedemann.
For information about the 2012 New England gathering email Pioneer Valley War Tax Resistance
Portland, Oregon
Free Workshops on War Tax Resistance
3rd Monday of every month (except Dec.), after 7 p.m. (email or call for time)
Other Words Books,
8 “B” Northeast Killingsworth St.
Basic reference materials are provided. Yes we can boycott war on the way to justice and peace!
Sponsored by Oregon Community for WTR/Oregon Community Peace Fund.
For more information and future dates: (503) 238-0605 or contact@wrlpdx.org.
Southeast Gatherings
The Southeast Gathering of War Tax Resisters was held in collaboration with the annual Alternative New Year’s in St. Mary’s, Georgia. About 50 persons participated throughout the event from regional groups and networks such as Nukewatch South, Pax Christi, Florida Coalition for Peace and Justice, WRL Asheville, Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition, Vine and Fig Tree (Ala.), Earthhaven Eco Village (N.C.), Aiken Peace, Carolina Peace Resource Center (S.C.), and resisters from the southern states — and Canada! Dave Matos of Aiken Peace (S.C.), along with Coleman Smith and Clare Hanrahan, regional organizers with WRL Asheville, planned weekend workshops to reflect the overlapping issues of disarmament, sustainability, and war tax resistance, with discussions on how to escalate the force of nonviolent action in the heavily militarized south.
Contact New South Network of War Resisters if you would like to attend or help organize the next regional gathering.