7/26: Solidarity Rally in Santa Fe for Environmental Activist Tim DeChristopher, Wrongly Convicted on Federal Land Bids

From Supporters of Tim DeChristopher: At last the details have been set for our rally to stand in solidarity with environmental activist Tim DeChristopher on his sentencing date, July 26. We will gather at 6:00 PM in front of the Federal Courthouse (located at 100 S. Federal Place in Santa Fe) and then walk to Ghost Ranch (located at the corner of Paseo de Peralta and Old Taos Hwy) where we will have a rally. Click for flyer (pdf) -- please distribute to friends and allies.

Tim stood up for all of us to hold our government accountable to its own laws. Now we stand with Tim. At his trial in March Tim was convicted of two felonies. His crime? Bidding on land at an auction later held to be illegal.

We need a huge turnout to stand in solidarity with Tim, the environmental activist who brought attention to the Bush administration's illegal land auction that would have led to oil and gas development in pristine areas in Utah. Rather than being hailed as a hero, Tim has been convicted on two felony counts -- in spite of the fact that the auction was declared illegal and he raised the money to buy the land -- two significant pieces of evidence that were not allowed to be presented to the jury.

In addition to standing with Tim, we plan to have speakers at the rally who will remind us of the many areas that we are dealing with here in Santa Fe and throughout New Mexico in our fight for a more livable future, to protect the environment and ourselves from oil and gas development, as well as the potentially more dangerous situation at Los Alamos. Speakers will include David Bacon, Joni Arends from CCNS, Greg Mello from Los Alamos Study Group, Mariel Nanasi of New Energy Economy and John Horning of Wild Earth Guardians. We are still awaiting other confirmations.

More Info - Get Involved
Please visit the Facebook page that has just been created for the event. Please pass it along to your friends and others from your organizations.

Here is the latest story from PeacefulUprising.org about our upcoming day of solidarity. More important information about Tim's case is available at www.Bidder70.org and on Democracy Now! here and here.

If you have not yet done so, please sign the petition asking President Obama to pardon Tim.