Tim DeChristopher: Rare, Hard Truth, Well Stated.
Glenn MacIntosh | August 31, 2011
Original post: April 21, 2011. Updated: Jan. 3, 2012
"What one person can do is to plant the seeds of love and outrage in the hearts of a movement. And if those hearts are fertile ground, those seeds of love and outrage will grow into a revolution."
~ Tim DeChristopher, letter from prison on Day 28 of a 2-year sentence
"I wish i could say something really nice today that would make everybody feel really good. But sometimes the truth isn't very nice and it needs to be said anyway." ~ Video above
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- ecoSanity - Truth, grief, action: Essential excerpt from an interview with Tim DeChristopher by Terry Tempest Williams, Orion Magazine
- Full interview - with Tim DeChristopher by Terry Tempest Williams, Orion Magazine
- Interview - From jail, Tim DeChristopher on Occupy movement, Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone
- Post - Day 28 letter from prison, Tim DeChristopher speaks, Grist
- Article - I do not want mercy, I want you to join me, Tim DeChristopher, CommonDreams
- Article - U.S. eco-activist jailed for 2 years, Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian
- Article - Tim DeChristopher's supporters issue oil protest 'call to action', The Guardian
- Article - Tim DeChristopher's statement to the court, Tim DeChristopher, Grist
- Article - Tim DeChristopher is going to jail, now it's our turn, Bill McKibben, Alternet
- Article - Activist found guilty of making false bids on energy leases, The Guardian
- Article - Tim DeChristopher stands tall despite guilty verdict, DeSmog Blog
- Facebook page - Tim DeChristopher
- Website - PeacefulUprising.org
- Website - Bidder70.org
- ecoSanity - Collected: Inspired activism
- ecoSanity - Collected: Direct action
