Susan Quinlan of Northern California WTR shared her thoughts on the parallels between U.S. foreign policy and the domestic prison system. She introduced William Mohammed from the Prisoner Support Committee of Birmingham who spoke further on the "Imprisonment of America." Karen Marysdaughter and Clark Hanjian presented a basic "How-To's and What-If's" session that led to small group meetings between experienced WTRs and new people.
The evening fun time was an eclectic mix of skits, belly -dancing, cooperative games, and a Day of the Dead ceremony honoring our loved ones, with special mention of Franklin Zahn and Marion Bromley, long-time WTR activists who died this past year.
The Sunday NWTRCC business meeting included a general discussion of how WTR as a strategy might connect with death penalty work. This led to suggestions to prepare a literature piece on the connections between militarism and the death penalty and to do more networking with death penalty groups.
We discussed possibly hosting an International WTR Conference in the U.S. We didn't think it was the best location; however, if the International Conference wishes to come to the U.S., we are willing to serve as co-hosts with the Peace Tax Fund Campaign. We agreed to stay in touch on a regular basis with third-world people that we have sent to the International WTR Conferences.
About 40 employers/contractors responded to our questionnaire about their WTR activities. Based on this we decided to produce a literature piece for WTRs to use with people who hire them.
War Tax Resistance (WTR) Movement
