Mashi 19 — Kuboshwe abantu abangamashumi amathathu nanye namhlanje ekuseni njengoba bebevimba udlame endlunkulu kazwelonke ye-Internal Revenue Service
Lo mbhikisho ubuyingxenye yosuku lukazwelonke lombhikisho lokuqeda iminyaka emihlanu kwahlaselwa futhi kudliwe abantu.
Abanye abangaphezu kwe-100 bajoyine umbukiso bephethe izimpawu, izibhengezo nezinsiza ezibonisa umehluko phakathi kwezindleko zempi kanye nezidingo zomnotho ezikhubazwe iminyaka emihlanu yempi.
"Njengoba abaqashi bezempi behlinzeka ngezinhlangano zempi, i-IRS ihlinzeka ngemali," kusho umhleli weNew York City War Resisters League u-Ed Hedemann ngaphambi kokuba aboshwe. "Ngenza ingxenye yami ukuphazamisa lokho kugeleza kwemali okungapheli ngokuma phambi komnyango we-IRS futhi ngokwenqaba ukuthumela izintela zami kwa-IRS."
Izinhlangano ezingaphezu kuka-20 ezixhaswe ngalo mcimbi, okuhlanganisa: I-War Resisters League, United for Peace & Justice, National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (NWTRCC), Movement for a Democratic Society, Ground Zero for Peace, Granny Peace Brigade, Code Pink, kanye ne-Socialist Party USA. Amalungu ezinhlangano ezibambe iqhaza azizwa isidingo sokubandakanyeka ekungalalelini umphakathi ukuze abonise ukuphikisa kwawo ngamandla.
U-Ruth Benn, isishoshovu se-WRL esinesikhathi eside nomxhumanisi we-NWTRCC, uthi "Ukuchitheka kwegazi sekulahlekise ukuphila kwezinkulungwane zabantu baseMelika, ama-Iraqi, ama-Afghanis, nabanye. Ngaso leso sikhathi ingxenye yabantu abasebandleni
Ukuvinjwa kuyingxenye yosuku olugcwele lokudala, izenzo ezingenabo udlame kanye nokungalaleli komphakathi
I-War Resisters League iyinhlangano yezwe ye-pacifist eneminyaka engama-85, ekomkhulu layo
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Xhumana no: Frida Berrigan, 347-683-4928
Eminye imininingwane yalo mcimbi ingatholakala kokuthi http://www.warresisters.org/IRSinDC.htm
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