Bob Runyan (Chico MM) said that Quaker war tax resisters are asking monthly meetings to approve their supporting minute. They would like to see 200 Pacific Yearly Meeting Friends "pay under protest" their federal tax.
Leo Tolstoy, on patriotism and war, and his solution to those problems.
Clare Hanrahan, who has been resisting taxes for nearly thirty years as part of a life of activism for peace and justice, has just released a new book of speeches she has delivered over the course of her activist career.
Two Leo Tolstoy essays on taxes, war & peace. Also: the British government hints at prosecuting the Women's Freedom League itself for its non-participation in mandatory government employee contributions, to which the W.F.L. responds: oh, we double dog dare you to try!
Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace" is legendarily grand in scope, so it's no big surprise to find hints of his emerging philosophies of Christian anarchism and pacifism on the occasional page. I've found some interesting examples.
Anarchism, properly understood, is not aiming at a social utopia but at an individual transformation of understanding and ethics; and, says Tolstoy, the same can be said for Christian Anarchism. Also: Jonathan Harris on the Quaker conscientious objectors taxed by the Confederacy.
Unstoppable grassroots tax fraud in Tampa. Tax collectors go on strike in Greece. Another of Tolstoy's didactic dialogues. The true cost of commuting. An early retirement how-to wiki. How to succeed in business (it's all about the lobbying). And: a couple of brief mentions of Quaker war tax resistance from days of yore.