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justice Archive
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Empathic Protest
Posted on May 20, 2013 | 1 CommentBringing mindfulness to the resistance: “May we develop the bravery to commit to wakefulness, to bear witness to anguish, and to enjoy our lives.” (Cross-posted from www.transition-lab.org) -
An Open Letter of Support and Solidarity with Campaign for an American DREAM
Posted on October 18, 2012 | 1 Comment14 Days until these 4 DREAMers reach their destination in our nations capital. -
Press Conference for Tim’s Transfer & Appeal
Posted on March 30, 2012 | 1 CommentTim's minister, legal team, and beloved community of supporters in Salt Lake City. -
My Declaration of Democracy
Posted on September 30, 2011 | 6 CommentsI want to live in a democracy, but I don’t. None of us does. And that is because we don’t really believe in the words of the Declaration of Independence—this declaration that says we are free to be equal, happy and alive. So maybe it’s time to write out our beliefs, to make another declaration for a new kind of independence: the independence of the poor and forgotten from the people who control their lives and futures. -
Terry Tempest Williams speaks the truth on Tim DeChristopher
Posted on September 2, 2011 | 8 CommentsIf 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. -
Tim’s official statement at his sentencing hearing
Posted on July 26, 2011 | 107 CommentsAt this point of unimaginable threats on the horizon, this is what hope looks like. In these times of a morally bankrupt government that has sold out its principles, this is what patriotism looks like. With countless lives on the line, this is what love looks like, and it will only grow. The choice you are making today is what side are you on. -
Terry Tempest Williams on Tim’s Potential Sentence
Posted on July 25, 2011 | 9 CommentsTo 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. -
Friday Uprising: Re-Imagining Change
Posted on May 26, 2010 | No CommentsWhat will it take to create genuine change in the world? Patrick Reinsborough, the co-founder of SmartMeme, believes that creating stories with meaning is the key for activists to make progress on major issues threatening our planet. -
Friday Uprising: The Big Spill
Posted on May 17, 2010 | 2 CommentsAs the BP oil spill reaches the shore, Rikki Ott hopes what she learned from the Valdeez disaster can help Gulf Coast residents deal with BP. Also, Brinkley Hutchins describes her flights over the spill and the organized efforts of local residents. -
Action Call: Join the Uprising!
Posted on February 8, 2010 | 63 CommentsA call to action from Dr. James Hansen, Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben, Robert Redford, and Terry Tempest Williams: "Tim’s upcoming trial is an occasion to raise the alarm once more about the peril our planet faces...This kind of trial is nothing but intimidation—and the best answers to intimidation are joy and resolve. That’s what we’ll need in Utah."
