In 1995, after hearing Madeleine Albright say on national television that she felt sacrificing 500,000 children to punish Saddam Hussein was "worth it," Quaker pacifist Joseph Olejak became a political activist. As a form of civil disobedience, he refused to pay income tax, since his tax dollars would go to fund a war he opposed. This was the beginning of a twenty-year journey towards peace-initially by non-compliance with the military industrial complex. Sentenced to 26 weekends in the county jail for failure to pay income taxes, Olejak kept a journal and wrote about his experiences, as well as his growing awareness of peace, justice, and the U.S. prison system.
- | Author: Joseph Olejak
- | Publisher: Flare Books
- | Publication Date: Apr 07, 2026
- | Number of Pages: 256 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 196351145X
- | ISBN-13: 9781963511451
