Stop Big Coal’s Lawsuits. In 2009 and 2010, 34 activists put their bodies on the line to stop mountaintop removal. Massey Energy promptly sued them. Alpha Natural Resources has now bought Massey. Follow this link and call Alpha.
STOP THE LAWSUITS: National Call-In Day | The Marfork Five: Putting Massey on Trial
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***The Marfork Five is a group of five protesters facing a federal lawsuit for their participation in a tree-sit on Coal River Mountain in protest of mountaintop removal.***
34 non-violent protesters are under attack by Big Coal. Through 2009 and 2010, anti-mountaintop removal activists repeatedly put their bodies on the line to stop mountaintop removal coal mining operations in southern West Virginia. The company responsible for some of the region’s worst coal mining, Massey Energy, not only prosecuted the activists, but also filed civil suits against them in five separate suits.
Now Massey has been bought by another coal company, Alpha Natural Resources. It’s time to let Alpha know that we are paying attention and that continuing to pursue these lawsuits will only bring increased negative attention and annoyance. Continue reading
This might be what we call “The Death of Irony.”
Massey Energy Operations Earn Mountaineer Guardian Awards — JULIAN, W.Va., Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire
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Massey Energy Operations Earn Mountaineer Guardian Awards.
Chris Hedges Lays Out How the Real Evil Empire Crushes Resistance to Its Authority. And the 3 pillars of this empire? Energy Industries, War Industries and Wall Street Capital.
How Our Empire Crushes Opposition | World
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The corporate state does not have a Politburo. It does not dress its Homeland Security agents in jackboots. There is no raving dictator.
