About Us
Our Group
Taxes for Peace New England is a group of war tax resisters and their allies living in western Massachusetts, Vermont, and beyond. TPNE welcomes all who are interested in building peace and war tax resistance to join us. In addition to providing education about the use of tax dollars to fund violence and how people can resist that misuse of funds, TPNE looks to build solidarity with other peace and justice movements.
Taxes for Peace New England is a group of war tax resisters and their allies living in western Massachusetts, Vermont, and beyond. TPNE welcomes all who are interested in building peace and war tax resistance to join us. In addition to providing education about the use of tax dollars to fund violence and how people can resist that misuse of funds, TPNE looks to build solidarity with other peace and justice movements.
Learn About War Tax Resistance
Tax resistance can be a useful tool for individuals and groups looking to live more aligned with their values while creating a more peaceful and just world for all. War tax resistance takes many forms: sending letters to congressional delegates, contributing to war tax resister penalty funds, living simply to lower tax liability, and/or refusing to pay a portion of or all of a person's tax liability. War tax resisters are concerned with the militarization of police forces, the military's contribution to the climate crisis, the use of tax dollars to kill people all over the world, and any other issue that touches on the use of taxpayer dollars to fund violence in the United States and abroad. Below are some additional resources related to tax resistance.
- National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee
- War Resisters League
- Each year the WRL puts out an informative pie chart detailing how income tax dollars are spent
- "Meet the new generation of tax resisters refusing to pay for war," Waging Nonviolence, April 25, 2020
- The Nelson Homestead
- "Our taxes are our legacy," The Commons, March 24, 2021
Contact Us:
taxesforpeacenewengland@gmail.com
taxesforpeacenewengland@gmail.com
