Gee's first book, Counterpower: Making Change Happen was published in 2011, in which he puts forward a theory of how governments and elite groups exercise power, and argues that others can use counterpower to counter this. He puts forward a model in which this counterpower is splits into three categories: idea counterpower, economic counterpower, and physical counterpower. Counterpower was shortlisted for the Bread and Roses Award in 2012. His second book, You Can't Evict an Idea: What Can We Learn From Occupy? was published in 2013 as an e-book and in physical form. His third book is Why I am a Pacifist, published by the Christian Alternative imprint from John Hunt publishers. Gee has also published in the New Internationalist, Scottish Left Review and writes a blog for The Guardian Gee was amongst a group of prominent authors and writers who campaigned against a ban on sending books to prisoners in the United Kingdom Gee documented the buildup to the eviction of the Calais Jungle refugee camp in 2016 for The Tablet, as the Writer in Residence at the Maria SkobtsovaCatholic Worker House.
Political experience
Student politics
Gee was the Vice President Services of Edinburgh University Students Association. He sat on the board of the National Union of Students' commercial arm, NUSSL. He seconded a motion for the University of Edinburgh to revoke the honorary degree it had bestowed on Robert Mugabe, and was involved in the campaign for the University to become a Fairtrade University.
Superglue Three
In 2010, Gee was part of a group, dubbed The Superglue Three, accused of committing a breach of the peace at a branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh by gluing themselves to each other and the entrance door of the premises. Gee was admonished of a breach of the peace, with no financial penalty In a statement originally published in The Scotsman, Gee linked his action with the Royal Bank of Scotland's financing of tar sands extraction in Alberta, Canada, and stated that as 84% of the Royal Bank of Scotland was at that time publicly owned, UK tax payers should have a say in what projects are funded. Responding to this, Andrew Cave, Head of Group Sustainability at the Royal Bank of Scotland, said that he and Gee agreed on a number of points, including that the Royal Bank of Scotland needs to be more accountable and that society should transition to a low-carbon economy: however he said they disagreed on how this should happen.
Gee is a Quaker, and in 2011 appeared on a poster advertising the Religious Society of Friends in Britain. Gee delivered prepared ministry on the subject of "movement building" to Britain Yearly Meeting, the national annual meeting of Quakers in Britain, in 2016. Gee built on this further when he was invited by the George Gorman Memorial Fund to deliver the George Gorman Lecture at Britain Yearly Meeting in 2017, exploring themes of power, diversity, and the spiritual root of political action within the Religious Society of Friends. He has been involved in promoting Britain Yearly Meeting's Sanctuary Everywhere programme in response to forced migration.
Books
Gee, T Counterpower: making change happen New Internationalist Publishing: Oxford, UK Gee, T You can't evict an idea: What can we learn from Occupy? Housmans: London, UK Gee, T Why I am a Pacifist: A call for a more nonviolent world. John Hunt: London, UK
Chapters
Gee, T The children of the children of the revolution. In: Coatman, C. & Shrubsole, G. Regeneration Lawrence & Wisehart: London, UK 109-116
Articles
Gee, T Is Poverty History Yet? Scottish Left Review 20-21 Gee, T Will Red and Green Ever be Seen? Scottish Left Review 18-19 Gee, T You cannot be free if you are poor Peace News Gee, T The battle for Mandela's legacy is only beginning The Independent 3 July 2013 Gee, T Yasuni: a cautionary tale New Internationalist 38-40
Film
Tim produced the film "", a 2018 film marking the sixth anniversary of the South African Marikana massacre, when striking mine workers were fired on by security forces. Seventeen workers died.
