I am not paying American war taxes this year. Will you join me? | Clara Vondrich

War tax resistance has a venerable tradition dating back to days before the US was even born. It’s time to revive this tradition More than $20bn. That’s roughly the cost of our military operation in Iran to date. Tax day is a month away. If you’re like me, it makes your stomach turn to watch the US practice regime change in the Middle East – again. If you’re like me, the reckless murder of more than 150 little girls in the name of “liberating” Iranian women fills you with rage. The worst part? You and I literally paid for this. Today, our government dollars at work look like the hellscape that was Tehran, where our military intentionally blew up oil storage facilities whose burning black rain will deliver cancer to generations to come. We are financing chemical warfare, a war crime, banned under the Geneva conventions. All of this, of course, against the backdrop of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, where up to 70% of the weapons come from the United States and the revolting and deadly paramilitary operations of our Department of Homeland Defense and ICE. The American people did not sign up for this. Congress was neither consulted nor did it approve the opening attack on 28 February, c