New Film Exposes Connection Between the Kochs and a Small Community Dying of Cancer

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AlterNet / By Tara Lohan

New Film Exposes Connection Between the Kochs and a Small Community Dying of Cancer
A new video from Brave New Foundation shows how people are paying the ultimate price for the Koch brothers' politics and profiteering.

October 10, 2011 |


The many sins of the Koch brothers have been keeping Robert Greenwald and his crew at Brave New Foundation busy. Since January they've been working on their Koch Brothers Exposed video investigations, documenting the malfeasance of Koch Industries and the two-headed monster at the helm.

"What we've been doing with our 'Koch Brothers Exposed' project is connecting the dots: explaining the size and scope of what they're doing, which is really nothing short of trying to buy democracy," said Greenwald, the president of Brave New Foundation. (Full disclosure: Greenwald is on AlterNet's board of directors.) "What we've done with each of the Koch pieces is to use specific stories to depict people's lives and show that ideology has consequences. What the Kochs are doing is not harmless, it is not victimless, and there are people who are paying a terrible price for the brothers' politics and their profiteering."

BNF's most recent work, Exposed: Koch Industries and Cancer Risk, is a chilling demonstration of just how horrific a price people are forced to pay. The film is set in the town of Crossett, Arkansas and focuses on a community of residents on Penn Road. Among 15 families, there have been at least 11 deaths from cancer, and many more people are ill. The source of their anguish seems to be coming from a foul smelling canal of water, steaming with toxic pollutants, that runs through the woods near their homes. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/environment/152682/new_film_exposes_connection_between_the_kochs_and_a_small_community_dying_of_cancer/

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1. Sounds like John Grisham's "The Appeal"

In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town's water supply, causing the worst "cancer cluster" in history. The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the verdict or reverse it.

Who are the nine? How will they vote? Can one be replaced before the case is ultimately decided?

The chemical company is owned by a Wall Street predator named Carl Trudeau, and Mr. Trudeau is convinced the Court is not friendly enough. With judicial elections looming, he decides to try to purchase himself a seat on the Court. The cost is a few million dollars, a drop in the bucket for a billionaire like Mr. Trudeau. Through an intricate web of conspiracy and deceit, his political operatives recruit a young, unsuspecting candidate. They finance him, manipulate him, market him, and mold him into a potential Supreme Court justice. Their Supreme Court justice.

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2. how terrible! K&R for truth out!! n/t

[Overseas]

3. K&R.

[Hestia]

4. Had no idea this is happening in my own state! Shows how well the news is bought here

[Stuart G]

5. Thanks for Posting. k and r