Environment
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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Bike For The Gulf with Malik Rahim
Submitted by FluxRostrum on Wed, 06/23/2010 - 7:23pmdownload
Former Black Panther and co-founder of Common Ground Collective in post Katrina New Orleans Malik Rahim announces his campaign to ride a bike from Houma LA to Washington DC in support of complete environmental justice for our nations wetlands.
The wetlands protect our shores from hurricanes and filter the waters of both the Gulf of Mexico and that of the Mississippi River.
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Petrol Free Gypsy Carnival Tour
Submitted by FluxRostrum on Mon, 05/10/2010 - 5:51pmhttp://www.gypsycarnivaltour.org/dates.html
Live Streamed Shows @
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/petrol-free-gypsy-tour
The Petrol-Free is a bicycle-powered music and art tour to promote peace, social justice, and a healthy planet. On the tour, musicians carry only the essential instruments from city to city on their bicycles. At each venue, amplifiers and other large or heavy equipment are provided by a local band.
Calling all musicians, street performers, soap-boxers of peace, and anyone with a hankering for a nice bike ride. Check the dates page for details. There is free accommodation in each city along the way, but you have to RSVP to ensure you get a place to lay your head!
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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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World Econimic Forum @Davos 2010
Submitted by FluxRostrum on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 12:57am-
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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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Climate G20 Tuesday
Submitted by FluxRostrum on Tue, 09/22/2009 - 9:01pmDOWNLOAD
Early morning Pagan Cluster Intervention on Clean Coal Demonstration Bus Tour with a Banner Drop
Obama and the G20 apparently have failed to uphold their promise to fully fund AIDs medications & research.
The Seeds of Peace & Everybody's Kitchen buses were, for the
3rd time forcibly relocated. After Monday nights parking citation for
parking on the sidewalk, hours of inspecting the safety inspections The
mobile free kitchens got a late night wake up call when told that they
had to leave by NOON Tuesday. Here's that story.
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Tall Tales with Don Blankenship
Submitted by FluxRostrum on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 12:55am
Massey Energy was the major sponsor of the Friends of America Labor Day rally.
Don Blankenship is the CEO of massey and head cheerleader for Mountain Top Removal system of cheap mining
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Edwight MTR Tree Sit Day 5
Submitted by FluxRostrum on Sat, 08/29/2009 - 11:44pmTree-sitters enter their fifth day of stopping the blasting at Massey
Energy’s Edwight mountaintop removal site in the Coal River Valley of
West Virginia. Today, Sunday, is day 6 and my arrival. '~)
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