corruption Archive

  • If we allow the law to dictate what is fair as in the case of putting Tim DeChristopher behind bars—for committing civil disobedience in the name of a livable future, for raising a paddle to expose corruption between industry and government—then we are not just prisoners but slaves to the corporations in bed with the courts.

    Terry Tempest Williams speaks the truth on Tim DeChristopher

    Posted on September 2, 2011 | 7 Comments
    If we allow the law to dictate what is fair as in the case of putting Tim DeChristopher behind bars—for committing civil disobedience in the name of a livable future, for raising a paddle to expose corruption between industry and government—then we are not just prisoners but slaves to the corporations in bed with the courts.

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  • To think that a young man in an act of conscience might spend ten years, five years, one year in a federal prison for raising a paddle in an already illegal sale of oil and gas leases, compared to the CEO of BP or the financial wizards on Wall Street who have pocketed millions of dollars at our expense who will never step into a court of law to even get their hands slapped, let alone go to jail, is an assault on democracy.

    Terry Tempest Williams on Tim’s Potential Sentence

    Posted on July 25, 2011 | 9 Comments
    To think that a young man in an act of conscience might spend ten years, five years, one year in a federal prison for raising a paddle in an already illegal sale of oil and gas leases, compared to the CEO of BP or the financial wizards on Wall Street who have pocketed millions of dollars at our expense who will never step into a court of law to even get their hands slapped, let alone go to jail, is an assault on democracy.

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  • Left-leaning populist Tim DeChristopher and right-leaning blogger Frank Staheli discuss ways to transcend the divisiveness of contemporary politics. Debating taxes, climate change, Glenn Beck and the Tea Party, the two find they have much in common.

    Friday Uprising: Beyond Left-Right Politics

    Posted on June 11, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Left-leaning populist Tim DeChristopher and right-leaning blogger Frank Staheli discuss ways to transcend the divisiveness of contemporary politics. Debating taxes, climate change, Glenn Beck and the Tea Party, the two find they have much in common.

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  • Much can be accomplished through policy venues. But we should not delude ourselves that policy alone will solve the problem. Good policy is nothing without good implementation. But what happens when implementation fails, when the structures we have created are broken? What recourse do we have? As far as I can see we have two options: 1) reform/transform political structures through further policy change and 2) take direct action to stop those failures.

    Direct Action in Our Movement

    Posted on March 22, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Much can be accomplished through policy venues. But we should not delude ourselves that policy alone will solve the problem. Good policy is nothing without good implementation. But what happens when implementation fails, when the structures we have created are broken? What recourse do we have? As far as I can see we have two options: 1) reform/transform political structures through further policy change and 2) take direct action to stop those failures.

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  • A horrifying and unprecedented project could put Utah’s Canyonlands National Park and Glen Canyon Recreation Area at serious risk, while at the same time thrusting a new source of water-depleting, CO2-billowing, filthy, and geographically destructive (but pseudoprofitable!) business into the equation.

    First US Tar Sands to Break Ground in Utah

    Posted on March 19, 2010 | 3 Comments
    A horrifying and unprecedented project could put Utah’s Canyonlands National Park and Glen Canyon Recreation Area at serious risk, while at the same time thrusting a new source of water-depleting, CO2-billowing, filthy, and geographically destructive (but pseudoprofitable!) business into the equation.

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  • Johann Hari explains how corporate funding from some of the world's largest polluters has corrupted many of the largest environmental organizations from the inside out, and that instead of relying on corrupt governments and corporations to solve the climate crisis, the people must take the matter into their own hands and demand change through direct action.

    How “Big Green” is Failing the Climate Movement, and why Direct Action is the Answer

    Posted on March 14, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Johann Hari explains how corporate funding from some of the world's largest polluters has corrupted many of the largest environmental organizations from the inside out, and that instead of relying on corrupt governments and corporations to solve the climate crisis, the people must take the matter into their own hands and demand change through direct action.

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