Tim DeChristopher

Tim DeChristopher

Timothy Mansfield DeChristopher (born November 18, 1981) is an American climate activist and co-founder of the environmental group Peaceful Uprising. In December 2008, he protested a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oil and gas lease auction of 116 parcels of public land in Utah’s redrock country by successfully bidding on 14 parcels of land (totaling 22,500 acres) for $1.8 million with no intent to pay for them. DeChristopher was removed from the auction by federal agents and taken into custody, eventually serving 21 months in prison.

The Need for Mass Mobilizations

The Need for Mass Mobilizations

This essay argues that much of the climate justice movement has become isolated and screen-bound, with activists working alone through social media, emails, and phone calls rather than building embodied community. It contends that meaningful political power comes from visible, collective action in physical space, where real human connection strengthens courage and solidarity, and highlights mass mobilization and civil resistance—such as the actions of Tim DeChristopher—as essential to confronting corporate extraction and political complacency.

Source: Peaceful Uprising (2010) Read More
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