, war tax resisters in New England have been gathering at the Woolman Hill Conference Center in Deerfield, Massachusetts.
The Greenfield Recorder is covering the conference.
’s article mentions Ruthy Woodring, Randy Kehler & Betsy Corner, Aaron Falbel, Frances Crowe, Daniel Staub, Juanita Nelson, Erik Schickendanz, and Daniel Sicken.
A new issue of NWTRCC’s newsletter — More Than a Paycheck — is out featuring an article I wrote about how to craft a persuasive and motivating tax resistance message.
(It’s a distillation of a Picket Line entry from .)
Also in the newsletter are some notes about IRS policy and foibles, an update on the ongoing attempts by war tax resister Daniel Jenkins to find a legal forum that will rule that conscientious objection to military taxation is a human right, and the latest on All Saints Church’s struggle to maintain its freedom of speech and its tax-exempt status at the same time.
“I suddenly woke up about five years ago and made a big sign that said ‘Does Our Lifestyle Demand War?’ and hung it on my door.”
Frances then proceeded to work at changing her lifestyle, starting by not using her car for two days a week.
As she walked more, she found she could use her car less and less — and liked walking more and more.
It became something of a meditation, with the added bonus of meeting people along the way.
She changed from a Friends Meeting that was some miles away to one within walking distance, and dropped her YMCA membership where they use so much heat and air conditioning.
She doesn’t want to fly anymore and takes the train instead.
She’s still working on many things, like buying food that is grown locally.
She’s really working to reduce her footprint on the planet, and at the same time redirecting taxes from war to funding real human needs like schools, peace and justice work, and rebuilding the new society in the shell of the old.
