Withhold from War/Pay for Peace 2008 War Tax BoycottThis fall the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee urges all who oppose the Iraq war and occupation to register and prepare for an April 2008 nationwide boycott and redirection of the federal income taxes that fuel the war in Iraq. http://www.WarTaxBoycott.org
Imagine what will happen when the millions of Americans who oppose the government's escalating militarism proclaim in unison, "WE CHOOSE PEACE! WE'RE BOYCOTTING WAR!" http://www.nwtrcc.org/omtfp/imt.html
There are many ways to boycott war, including refuse to serve in the military; refuse to fund the military; fund peacemaking, social justice, environmental, health, and education programs be vocal in your community and to your legislators about your opposition to war and desire for peace and social justice; refuse to purchase war toys or see movies or shows that glorify violence; cut down on fossil fuel consumption; use language of cooperation and connection rather than that of competition and separation: practice kindness;
working for campaign funding to be only from public monies and more…
One Million Taxpayers for Peace provides resources about one strategy for boycotting war, "symbolic war tax resistance." What this means is, that one refuses to pay a very small portion--symbolically, $10.40--of federal taxes that fund the military and war. This site discusses why someone might want to do symbolic war tax resistance, how to do it, and answers frequently asked questions, called yes, but.
If you deliberately deduct $10.40 from your tax payment, you will be committing civil disobedience, and following in the footsteps of many courageous Americans whose acts of conscience led the country to positive reforms, such as abolition, women's vote, and civil rights laws. (The Role of Civil Disobedience in a Democracy)
There are many ways to boycott war, including refuse to serve in the military; refuse to fund the military; fund peacemaking, social justice, environmental, health, and education programs be vocal in your community and to your legislators about your opposition to war and desire for peace and social justice; refuse to purchase war toys or see movies or shows that glorify violence; cut down on fossil fuel consumption; use language of cooperation and connection rather than that of competition and separation: practice kindness;
working for campaign funding to be only from public monies and more…
One Million Taxpayers for Peace provides resources about one strategy for boycotting war, "symbolic war tax resistance." What this means is, that one refuses to pay a very small portion--symbolically, $10.40--of federal taxes that fund the military and war. This site discusses why someone might want to do symbolic war tax resistance, how to do it, and answers frequently asked questions, called yes, but.
If you deliberately deduct $10.40 from your tax payment, you will be committing civil disobedience, and following in the footsteps of many courageous Americans whose acts of conscience led the country to positive reforms, such as abolition, women's vote, and civil rights laws. (The Role of Civil Disobedience in a Democracy)
"If a thousand men were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood. This is, in fact, the definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such is possible." Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience
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