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On June 23rd, the climate justice movement showed we will not be intimidated, deterred, or delayed by an unjust system that is bent on forfeiting our climate and our future.
Scores of solidarity actions around the United States occurred at federal courthouses, despite the fact that at the last moment, the Judge inexplicably moved the sentencing date to July 26th.
On July 26th, we will demonstrate our outrage at the persecution of our friend and ally, and our commitment to the fight for a livable future. We will demand that the real criminals—the carbon criminals destroying our natural world and attacking our climate—be prosecuted, not peaceful activists.
The government wants to make an example of Tim, in order to intimidate and deter other peaceful activists who are fighting for justice. It’s not going to work.
If you are not in SLC on July 26, here are ways to demonstrate solidarity from afar
Solidarity Actions
We are calling on activists to demonstrate solidarity and show our rejection of a corrupt justice system, by staging actions at federal district courts around the nation. Help us send our government a clear message of love and outrage: we will not be intimidated or deterred.
Register your event, and let us know what you’re up to. Feel free to use our press release template; contact us at bidder70@peacefuluprising.org for information or support.
Letter to the Editor Push
Our goal is to flood the national press leading up to July 26th. You can use our letter to the editor template and our LTE themes as tools to buttress your own personal perspective, when you express to your local media what the climate crisis and Tim’s prosecution mean to you. Reach out to publications, community radio, and any local networks and help us make this happen.
Regardless of what happens to Tim DeChristopher on July 26th, help us show the nation, the government, the fossil fuel industry and the world that the climate justice movement will not stop fighting for the just, healthy world we all want and need to see.
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The following is a comment I made at a FireDogLake.com posting by Kevin Zeese, called “Tim DeChristopher’s Battle for Justice Is Our Battle” In that diary, Zeese writes,
“When I wrote to him and asked what the October2011.org Movement could do to help him he responded that the message should be “Join Tim DeChristopher.” ”
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While you need your Tim DeChristophers, and I admire him and wish him well, most people are simply not going to do what he did. Most activists are simply not going to do what he did.
America is mostly a political and activist wasteland. Part of the problem, of course, is coopted leadership, something we should all be grateful to FDL (FireDogLake.com) for exposing, ala Veal Pen.
But part of the problem is what looks to be a lack of creative thinking. Where is the creative thinking that looks to grow the political muscle of average, non-plutocratic citizens? Which means, of course, that average people need to be able to affect corrupted politicians, and eventually replace them with more honest and caring versions.
Where is the creative thinking to so this quickly, albeit patiently?
The two most stellar examples of such thinking that I’ve run across in the blogosphere are Nancy Bordier’s Interactive Voter Choice System, and jeffroby’s Full Court Press. One looks almost completely in vain for other ideas that could lead to rapid reform, in spite of the stasis of the American electorate.
The two best examples of not terribly creative thinking, but still effective action, to affect corrupted politicians that I’ve seen in the recent past, are the electorally aggressive Tea Parties on the one hand, and the electorally aggressive efforts to recall Republicans in Wisconsin, on the other.
Since it looks like we will be suffering from both a lack of creativity for some time, as well as a lack of recognition and support for the more creative ideas that are out there, I hope citizens at least increasingly embrace the civil tactics of both those groups of citizens.
That said, preventing more Tim DeChristopher’s from going to jail is going to require more than the newly found resolve of Tea Partiers and Wisconsin Democrats.
Give Tim a hug we all need to start backing what we believe is right and in the best interest of all IN OUR COUNTRY. Our gov. seems to be doing whats best for big business and industry and not our environment or our pocket book. Seems big business has enough money to keep lawyers busy on petty little people yet they have no money to give for taxes and we can have room in the political budget to prosecute people like Tim but no money for elderly, education or environment in our country. Yes we need alternative fuels and to make jobs in our own country. Seems backwards to me lately. I put my postage stamps on my envelopes upside down in protest to this ass backwards country and until we get some of this political bullshit in order I will continue putting my postage stamps on upside down. IT’S A PROTEST TO BACK PEOPLE LIKE TIM AS WELL and hopefully get others to take notice that its just not right to have a government with so much money from its people that they can keep giving it away to HELP EVERY COUNTRY AND everyone else but not support itself enough to take care of its own business, bills and people who work in this country FIRST. BIG BUSINESS BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR CONDUCT AND ACTIONS OR PAY THE CONSEQUENCES, NOT WALK AWAY AND LEAVE IT ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE REST OF THE PEOPLE TO PAY FOR. They need to pay bills the same way we have to pay taxes not just walk away from financial responsibilities and have no fee’s and again be responsible for actions.
Does anyone have a schedule? Will the sentencing be in the AM or PM? Anything going on the night before? After?
See you in SLC!