The next NWTRCC national gathering is scheduled to be held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, .
Until then, if you’re curious you can peruse some of the notes from the May meeting, which was held in Chicago:
How you can resist funding the government → the tax resistance movement → conferences & gatherings → Fall 2012 NWTRCC national in Colorado Springs
The latest issue of More Than a Paycheck, NWTRCC’s newsletter, is now on-line. Articles include:
- Revolution, One by One — a summary of my “one man revolution” post and of some of the back-and-forth about it on the wtr-s email list.
- Some updates on the prospects of passport restrictions for tax resisters, consequences of the laws implementing Obamacare for tax resisters, challenges in being a phone tax resister, and how non-filers can navigate the food stamp program.
- International news about the upcoming international war tax resistance conference, and a quashed legal appeal by a German conscientious objectors’ group against mandatory military taxation.
- Glimpses at the state of war tax redirection funds, an upcoming () New England war tax resisters’ gathering, some war tax resisters who got shout-outs in a Mennonite Women publication, and an update on the Cindy Sheehan case.
- Organizational news including an announcement of the thirtieth anniversary of NWTRCC’s founding, a note about the national gathering coming up in Colorado Springs, and about NWTRCC’s presence at the School of the Americas Watch protests in .
- A profile of Seth Berner, who has been resisting a token protest amount of his taxes for 20 years.
Someone shot video at the recent NWTRCC national conference in Colorado Springs. Some of the highlights include:
Bill Durland recalls the founding and early history of NWTRCC
Ruth Benn compares the work of NWTRCC today with the goals of its founders.
The latest issue of NWTRCC’s newsletter is now on-line, with articles including:
- a report on the 30th anniversary national gathering
- Geoff Huggins on adopting new war tax resistance strategies as a retiree
- Steev Hise writes about his experience with the IRS “Offer in Compromise” process
- some movement news including impressions from the School of the Americas Watch annual vigil, updates about war tax resisters who ran for office in the last elections, news about war tax resisters who have participated in anti-drone civil disobedience actions, and a mention of the recent New England war tax resistance regional gathering
- an overview of the decisions made at the coordinating committee meeting at the last national gathering
- When you sign the application for a Minnesota driver’s license, you are supposedly agreeing to the following statement:
Dan Lundquist tried to apply for a driver’s license without agreeing to this statement, but the state refused to grant him one. So, Lundquist says: “, in an act of civil disobedience, I have driven without a valid license.”Submission of this application constitutes consent to registration with the selective service system, if required by federal law.
