Protect The Human. Amnesty International's Protect The Human campaign and website connects people from all over the world so we can stand together to protect the basic human rights we share. It starts with a simple pledge to uphold the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights created 60 years ago to ensure freedom, dignity, and respect for all humans. Today, despite much progress, millions are still denied basic human rights from abusive governments and regimes. But hope exists. Your pledge is just one of millions of actions that together, make a difference. With your help, we can ensure the promise of freedom and justice enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights will become reality. Take time to: Take the Pledge » View the Photo Exhibition Get the Facebook widget Add the Protect The Human signpost to your facebook profile and show the world it's cool to care. Every month, we will be releasing a new signpost and a new action. Collect them all Nazanin Boniadi Nazanin Boniadi is an Iranian born actress who has appeared on the soap opera 'General Hospital' as well as the films 'Charlie Wilson's War' and 'Iron Man'. When she's not on set, Boniadi works alongside Amnesty International as an official spokesperson for disenfranchised populations across the world. Our Partners We've assembled a great group of partners to help in our goal of universal human rights. Take a moment to explore their site and their work. Participant Media The Elders Circle Up Amnesty International Global Protect The Human UK LinkTV

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Getting Started in WTR — Registration Form — Redirection of Taxes — Tools and Forms
— News — FAQ

“Substantial troop withdrawals” from Iraq is not the same as ending the war. Transferring troops to beleaguered Afghanistan — where civilian deaths rose 39% in 2008 with 40% of those killed by U.S.-led forces — and expanding bombing missions in Pakistan will not bring an end to the wars launched by the U.S. after 9/11. If there is to be peace in the Middle East, turning away from the cycle of violence in the entire region is essential. U.S. arms sales and weapons deals to countries throughout the region promote ongoing violence. By joining the War Tax Boycott each of us is drawing the line on how our money can be used and joining with others to strengthen our demand that tax dollars be used to build peace and meet human needs at home and abroad, not for killing.

$141,696 redirected from war to projects
that serve humanity!

Half the signers to the 2009 War Tax Boycott refused to pay federal income taxes to the IRS and are giving the money to Direct Aid Iraq, Common Ground Health Clinic, or hundreds of other projects of their choice.


Other signers have chosen to reduce their income so that none of their money will go to war — with the added benefit of less consumerism.

A People’s Campaign to Defund the War

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The costs of war keep adding up, in dollars and in lives.

For over six years peace activists
have voted, lobbied, marched, and taken direct action to first prevent and then end the illegal war and occupation in Iraq. Courageous soldiers have refused to fight the war. In Iraq and around the world peace-loving people have called
for an end to the violence. But the Bush administration and Congress continue to authorize over $8 billion a month for the war on terror while the U.S. economy is in a tailspin and budget cuts are hitting services across the country. Politicians
cannot be trusted with our money.

The War Tax Boycott campaign unites taxpayers who oppose this war in a powerful act of nonviolent civil disobedience — saying NO! to war with our money. Thousands of individuals in the U.S. take
this stand despite the risks. Uniting our voices and actions through the War Tax Boycott strengthens our demand that Congress cut off the funds for this war and redirect resources to the pressing needs of people.

The War Tax Boycott was initiated in September 2007 by the National War Tax Resistance
Coordinating Committee (NWTRCC) and is endorsed by Voices for Creative Nonviolence, War Resisters League, and the Maine WTR Resource Center. The War Tax Boycott campaign
is also supported by the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance, Veterans for Peace, Nonviolent Direct Action Working Group of United for Peace and Justice.

Over 500 people around
the U.S. joined the War Tax Boycott during the 2008 tax season, ending April 15, 2008. They redirected over $300,000 to humanitarian programs, including medical aid for Katrina survivors, support for Iraqi refugees in Jordan, food banks, programs for the homeless, books for prisoners, environmental projects, peace groups, and hundreds of other nonprofit organizations in the U.S. and around the world.

Please contact NWTRCC
if your group is interested in co-sponsoring or promoting the 2009 campaign.

click here to learn more about the cost of war ticker.
click
here to learn more about Iraq Body Count

Refusal and Redirection

“If
a thousand [people] were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood. This is, in fact, the
definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such is possible.”

Henry David Thoreau
during the Mexican-American War of 1846-48

Refusing to pay taxes because of
war is an act of civil disobedience, but it also provides the opportunity to use that money for positive, healing, and rebuilding programs. War tax boycott participants are encouraged to plan to redirect their resisted taxes to programs that aid victims of war or provide the services that we wish our tax dollars
were supporting.

• The Getting
  Started in War Tax Resistance guide will help you prepare to refuse to pay for war, to understand the consequences, and to redirect your war taxes.
• The 2009 War Tax Boycott and Redirection is building toward April 15, 2009, Tax Day. If you would like to sign on as a resister or receive more information to prepare for Tax Day 2009, please submit the online Registration Form or download
  the form here and mail it in.
• Click here to see a list of public signers

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The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11

http://steetsblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/love-ellen

http://action.aclu.org/calling_congress

Top 200 Contractors Government Executive August 15, 2007 Total Purchases: $425,636,035,480

US: Defense and oil company executives reap windfalls from Iraq war
http://usforeignpolicy.about.com/od/backgroundhistory/a/thinkngo.htm?p=1

http://www.ucc.org/100kforpeace/

http://yournetwork.tv/episode_terror_expenditures.php

http://costofwar.com/