National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee records, 1980-

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National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee records, 1980-

Includes correspondence, manuscripts, minutes of meetings, newspaper clippings, periodicals, reference files, posters, audiocassettes, slides, and videocassettes. Also includes information about the War Resisters League, the National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund, Betsy Corner, and Randy Kehler.

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Swarthmore College. Peace Collection.

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Kehler, Randy

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A pacifist, war-tax resister, and advocate for social justice, Randy Kehler was born in Bronxville, New York, on July 16, 1944 and raised in Scarsdale. From Philips Exeter Academy, Kehler went on to Harvard University, graduating cum laude in 1967 with a degree in government. It was at Harvard that Kehler first became politically active, working with the Harlem chapter of CORE to organize support for the 1963 March on Washington and directing programs for inner city children at a Bo...

War Resisters League

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The War Resisters League (WRL) was established in 1923 through the initiative of Jessie Wallace Hughan. It began as an organization for men and women willing to sign a pledge refusing to support war of any kind. During World War II, it lent both moral and legal support to conscientious objectors, especially absolute pacifists who refused to participate even in civilian alternative service, often for reasons other than religious beliefs. In 1968, the WRL merged with the Committee for Nonviolent A...

Corner, Betsy Copping

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National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund.

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National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (U.S.)

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Formed in September 1982 at a National Action Conference of the War Resisters League and the Center on Law and Pacifism; headquartered successively in East Patchogue, New York, Seattle, Washington, and Monroe, Maine; promotes war tax resistance on the national level; periodicals published: Network News (1984-1993) continued by More Than a Paycheck (1993- ). National affiliates as of 2010: Christian Peacemaker Teams, Center on Conscience & War, Conscience & Military Tax Campaign (CMTC) Es...