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According to spokesmen, tax resistance in the United States has its roots in the Revolutionary War. During the Vietnam War as well tax resistance was popular. Prominent tax resisters in the 1960's included Joan Baez, Alan Ginsberg, Gloria Steinhem and Pete Seeger, the presentation said...
...Sunday and Monday night performances in Sanders Theater will feature Pete Seeger, Holly Near, Tom Paxton, the Harvard-Radcliffe Kuumba Singers and 14 other performers...
...Seeger, Near and Paxton did not attend the press conference, but sent taped messages explaining their involvement in HarvAid and the fight against apartheid...
...This is an issue whose time has come, and if anybody would like to see peace in the world they know that here is the time to throw your whole weight on the side of justice," Seeger said. "It is a chance to see peace come without a whole lot of bloodshed...
...Seeger is currently visiting one of his children in Nicaragua, according to Benz, and he will not return to this country until the night of the concert. Benz cited Seeger's "longstanding commitment to civil rights and social justice issues and his activism in anti-apartheid efforts," as his reasons for participating in the event...