Monthly Archives: June 2011

Guest Post
A HANGING JUDGE NAILED TIM DeCHRISTOPHER

Write to Tim DeChristopher in prison at: Tim DeChristopher #16156-081 FCI Herlon Federal Correctional Institution PO Box 800 Herlong, CA 96113 by CHRIS HEDGES reprinted from CommonDreams.org Tim DeChristopher: This Hero Didn’t Stand a Chance Tim DeChristopher was sentenced to two years in jail and a $10,000 fine by U.S. District Judge Dee Benson in […]

TIPS: HOW TO RAISE ISSUES & WRITE EFFECTIVE LETTERS & FLYERS

I wrote this for students in a class I taught, “Environmentalism for Activists,” at the New School for Social Research in 1999. One of the requirements of the class was that the students had to write to local newspapers at least once every two weeks. After seeing their initial letters it became clear that they […]