Hi Mathieu,

Thanks for the great question! Indeed, you are completely right that President Obama and his administration oversaw intense military and state violence, oftentimes with very little public outcry or protest—but we were resisting. Speaking personally, I started war tax resistance under the Obama Administration—as he maintained illegal wars, deported thousands of people, increased drone warfare, and did not do enough to stop police murdering black and brown people in the streets in our country. All to say, war tax resistance is actually not tied to a particular candidate or resistance to a particular party. This blog post is specifically about reaching folks who are politicized during this time and wanting to take action because of Trump’s escalation of violent policies (wanting to increase military spending to $1 trillion every year, increased border militarization, immediate repression and violence against water protectors at Standing Rock, etc). But check out our blog and other resources to see how we have been active in supporting war tax resisters under administrations since our coalition formed in 1982.

So far, democrats, republicans, or whoever has been in the White House makes relatively little difference—the United States status quo has been one of violence here at home and violence abroad all targeting black, brown, and indigenous people. That said, during this particular time, many people are seeing these systems for what they are—and we are inviting them to join us in resistance and redirecting tax dollars to black, brown, and indigenous organizers who are working for justice.

While I did not vote for President Trump,neither did I vote for Hillary Clinton. This seems more like a rage response to ” your over confident pre ordained Candidate” losing what she considered her rightful throne.

My candidate didn’t win either; I will however support our lawfully elected government . Oddly enough ,that can be done while disagreeing with individual policy decisions. Same as I had done with President Obama’s ” I have a pen and a phone ” declaration. A declaration that anyone no matter what ” corrupt” political party one follows, should have been taken as an declaration of disdain for the American Constitution and the individual powers granted to each branch of the government.

Thanks for your questions! The webinars will be recorded and distributed publicly afterwards. The Feb 18 and Mar 4 webinars cover the same topics.