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The New Battle of Blair Mountain
Submitted by FluxRostrum on Tue, 08/03/2010 - 12:10pm"[Mountaintop removal coal mining would] wipe out a large part of the southern end of the battlefield that was occupied by the union miners."
Blair Mountain, West Virginia is the site of the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain, the historic push of unionized coal miners from the north to organize the workers of the southern coalfields. Involving 13,000 union miners and 2,000 anti-union defenders, the battle was the largest armed conflict in America since the Civil War!
It remains literally a battleground: a prime location for finding historic artifacts left from both sides of the conflict. It's also, however, a battleground between opponents of mountaintop removal coal mining and the coal companies themselves.
Kenny King, a resident of Blair Mountain since 1962, explains how this historical site, which he has been working to preserve for 17 years, is threatened by a 333 acre mining permit. "[Mountaintop removal coal mining would] wipe out a large part of the southern end of the battlefield that was occupied by the union miners."
A valuable piece of labor organizing history is not the only thing that would be destroyed by mining Blair Mountain. According to King, if they strip Blair Mountain, they'll lose innumerable natural resources: "Valuable hardwood forest, herbs like the ginseng, yellowroot, cohosh, and blood root... you'll never see it again. All will be lost; it'll just cease to exist. It will be erased off the face of the earth."
If you would like to help protect Blair Mountain's many valuable assets, please take King's advice: "Let [your representatives] know that there has to be a better way than sacrificing all the mountains and forest land and historical sites just for a convenient way of producing energy."
To support Kenny and his community contact:
Kenny King • (304) 752-2260 • hillboy23@suddenlink.net
www.FriendsofBlairMountain.org
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Friends of Blair Mountain is a group of historians, archeologists and others dedicated to preserving the cultural and historical resources of the site of the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain in southern West Virginia.
MORE MOUNTAINS at
http://ilovemountains.org/endangered/
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highwall miner shut down
Submitted by FluxRostrum on Thu, 07/15/2010 - 11:35pmKatie Huszcza, Colin Flood, Jimmy Tobias, and Sophie Kern, activists with Mountain Justice and Climate Ground Zero were arrested last night and are held on a collective $12,000 bail. They were participating in an act of non-violent civil disobedience against the destructive and irresponsible practice of mountain top removal by locking themselves to a high wall miner on Coal River Mountain.
MO'FO' @ http://climategroundzero.net/2010/07/high-wall-donation/
Pre Action Interviews with Arrestees
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Z52j7DFQs
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Contemplating Jail Time
Submitted by FluxRostrum on Fri, 03/19/2010 - 9:31pmJames "Guin" McGuinness discuses the realty of Jail Time for Non Violent Civil Disobedience actions to bring attention to the environmental cost of Mountain Top Removal. ~ download
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Buy Up or Blow Up
Submitted by FluxRostrum on Thu, 03/18/2010 - 4:06pm-
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Send Lawyers, Locks and Money
Submitted by FluxRostrum on Sat, 01/30/2010 - 4:11pmFor 9 days 3 tree sitters stopped blasting on a mountain top removal site tha is adjacent to a coal slurry impoundment that is perched over top of a grade school. It has been proven that if the dam breaks at least a 1,000 WILL die VERY quickly.
It has also been proven that the Mountain they are blowing up for coal would be more profitable to the people and the state as a wind farm. However once Massey energy blows up this mountain the wind potential will be ruined.
Two tree sitters remain in jail on $2,500 cash-only bail, each, after stopping a blast on Coal River Mountain for nine days. CLICK HERE TO DONATE More info at http://www.climategroundzero.org.
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Santa visits National Coal Corporation
Submitted by FluxRostrum on Wed, 12/23/2009 - 9:55pmSanta heard from his friends at United Mountain Defense that the
National Coal Corporation was blowing up the mountains and highland
watersheds of East Tennessee. Santa decided enough was enough and
delivered coal and switches to the naughty coal corporation.
Santa Kung Fu battle at end of credits
http://unitedmountaindefense.org
Thet have internships!
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Citizens Arrested in WV Gov. Manchin's Office
Submitted by FluxRostrum on Mon, 10/19/2009 - 10:21pmDownload
I'm not expressing my personal feelings about this action publicly.
Here are the demands made of Governor Manchin today. I'm happy with the demands..
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Senior's March on Grit TV
Submitted by FluxRostrum on Sun, 10/18/2009 - 6:39pmA segment from my Senior's March to End MTR series is included in this episode of Grit TV, thanks Sam & Laura.
Rush Limbaugh tried (and failed) to buy a football team, Obama picked a fight with FOX News, and oh yeah–there’s still ongoing debate over health care reform, two wars, and a major recession. There was plenty of bad (and a little good) to debate in this week’s media coverage.
Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation, Joe Conason of The New York Observer, and Air America’s Sam Seder joined our media panel, discussing the best and worst of this week in journalism, pointing out the flaws and asking why the right wing always seems to make news, while the left can barely grab a headline.
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Army Corp of Engineers Want Your Opinion of MTR Permits
Submitted by FluxRostrum on Fri, 10/16/2009 - 12:28pmVIDEO LIST from United Mountain Defense
Army Corp of Engineers Nationwide Permit 21 ENJOY!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gdn5qQ9IBs
ACOE Protest in support of Banning NWP 21 Knoxville, TN 10-13-09
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uSYnkxxoU8
Dan Roling of National Coal Corporation says United Mountain Defense is impacting their business more than a severance tax 10-13-09
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zffajQERNcQ
Religious Comments at the ACOE Nationwide Coal Permit 21 hearing Knoxville, TN 10-13-09
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9r_JXzsXyU
Sample Comments at the ACOE Nationwide Coal Permit 21 hearing Knoxville, TN 10-13-09
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGtGjyYzj0Y
Legal/ Lawyer Comments at the ACOE Nationwide Coal Permit 21 hearing Knoxville, TN 10-13-09
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Seniors March to End Mountain Top Removal Finale
Submitted by FluxRostrum on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 2:29amDownload
The Senior Citizens March to End Mountaintop Removal ended in a protest and press conference at Massey subsidiary Mammoth Coal Company on US-60, east of Cedar Grove, at 4:00 p.m. on Oct, 12th. Mammoth Coal Company is 25 miles from the march’s starting point at the state capitol in Charleston. At least 28 seniors between the ages of 50 and 88 put their feet to the pavement during the 25 mile walk, including Larry Gibson of Kayford Mountain and Jesse Johnson of the Mountain Party. The march ended peacefully with no arrests or conflicts. Baffled by this the army of corporate media teams were then forced to interview the elders about why the had marched and coverage was seen on every local TV station in Charleston.
the 5 day march's 5 video playlist is here
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=EEA07AE3D69276F9
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