A Word to Obama About Clean Coal

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Run time: 10:05 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN3yykPJsvg   Posted on YouTube: May 24, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: May 24, 2009 By DU Member: FluxRostrum Views on DU: 956

 
17 people arrested in the Coal River Valley today. They were there to protest the inevitable massacre of nearly 1,000 people living in harms way of billions of gallons of toxic coal slurry sludge.

They were charged with trespassing and 2 were charged with littering (they left a 60ft banner floating in the middle of the sludge.

The 7 people you will witness being arrested in this video are being held at least until TUESDAY.
Obviously the police are willingly accepting their role as Hired Guns for the Coal Companies.

These courageous volunteers have been unprecedentedly slapped with 2,000 dollar bail... for trespassing.

You can make donations to the bail fund @ http://MountainJustice.org

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1. Appalachia can't stand anymore of the progress and prosperity

Thanks to politicians and profit machines, Wise County, Virginia is being bombed, blasted and bulldozed right into 3rd world America. http://www.wisecountyissues.com/?p=138 It's time to End Mountaintop Removal !!!

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2. Coal police

In the early 20th century there were plenty of police and private hired guns available to the corporate criminals for union busting. It's no different now and will never be different until unions are allowed to organize and have a say in distribution of the unholy profits that are a result of the power of wealth.

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3. Was Bob Kincaid there?

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4. nope

not this time

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5. Mo'Fo

more info & slide shows of the lock down and banner float @
http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/

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6. Democracy Now!

DN is running clips from this on today's show.

http://www.democracynow.org/
@ the 6:40 mark