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James "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.

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I'm not expressing my personal feelings about this action publicly.
Here are the demands made of Governor Manchin today.  Based on the facts presented, I am happy with the demands.

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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

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Thirteen marchers, ages 53 to 88, walked the fourth five-mile stretch of their journey to the gates of Massey-owned Mammoth Coal Company Sunday. The route took them past American Electric Power’s Kanawha Valley coal plant in Glasgow, W.Va.. In the wake of Saturday’s banner drop at the Walker CAT facility in Belle, W.Va. security and one police vehicle met the marchers as they passed AEP’s entrance.

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Two young people unfurled a banner which read, “Yes, Coal is Killing West Virginia’s Communities”  off of the
Walker CAT building in Belle, W.Va. Saturday afternoon. The youth are affiliated with Climate Ground Zero and say they acted in autonomous solidarity with the Senior Citizens March to End Mountaintop Removal, are affiliated with Climate Ground Zero. The marchers passed the Walker CAT building on today’s route.

The March received its first physical harassment today. At 2:00 p.m.
a driver threw a cup of water on Micklem, who says he “took it in
stride.” The march has attracted both support and derision from
passerbys. Marchers who so choose still plan to commit an act of
non-violent civil disobedience to protest mountaintop removal at the
conclusion of the march at Mammoth Coal Company on Monday afternoon.

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After marching for 5 miles today the seniors settled into the Universal Unitarian Church in Charleston for a fine Bus Cooked meal from Everybody's Kitchen & Seeds of Peace.  After the meal Larry Gibson kept the fire of determination lit for over an hour.  I've tried to boil it down to the core of the essential.

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Day 1 of a 5 day march covering 25 miles from Charleston, WV to
it's end in civil disobedience actions at the front gates of Massey
Energy owned, Mammoth Coal in Cedar Grove, WV.

There will be an update video each day of the March.

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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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Early morning Pagan Cluster Intervention on Clean Coal Demonstration Bus Tour with a Banner Drop

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Obama and the G20 apparently have failed to uphold their promise to fully fund AIDs medications & research.

Morgan Massey Dr. Julian, WV 6AM ish 9-9-09
I was filming a Chain & Tube Lock Down Blockade of the road which leads to Massey Energy Regional Headquarters as the first workers of the day arrived.  I was wearing my Press Pass prominently around my neck.  The road was an intersection off of a 4 lane road with a 65 mph speed limit and the blockade was about 30-40 yards from the intersection.  The road appeared to continue for approximately a couple hundred yards.   There is nothing at this intersection that marks it any differently than any other road intersecting this 4 lane roadway.   This part of West Virginia often has severe fog problems, but not this morning.  I interviewed the participants and waited for the cops to show up.  The cops arrived quickly.  I positioned myself about 30-40 feet from the lockdown and waited for the police interaction with the protesters.  Deputy Eric Eversole appeared to be first on the scene.  He briefly surveyed the situation at the lock down and then abruptly turned walking quickly toward me and said:

"Turn your camera off you're under arrest for trespassing."

I responded something to the effect that I was a Journalist and I was willing to leave and he responded that I could not, that I was under arrest.  I'm not sure if I turned off the camera or not, I was experiencing a level of shock at the time.

Mountaintop removal depends on financing from America's leading banks and approval from government regulators.

So far the Obama administration has not backed down from
supporting mountaintop removal and without a significant change in the
government's mountaintop removal policy, mining companies will continue
to destroy mountain ranges and bury Appalachia's drinking water in
toxic waste.

Today you can help by asking the administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson, to visit Appalachia and
see the destruction caused by mountaintop removal for herself.

When you see with your owns eyes the way this horrific practice
is ravaging the people, water and land of Appalachia it is impossible
not to feel compelled to stop it.

Sign The Petition for Lisa Jackson Field Trip

From Skinnychef: Pls write & forward! Democracy Now reported on the arrests of four activists at the Massey site in WV yesterday, but left the glaring ommission of the fifth arestee, the independent journalist -- Flux Rostrum. I am writing to them, ... and encourage you to as well. Flux's... arrest is not only questionable on constitutional grounds, but the ommission of 20% of the story is an INSULT to an independent journalist who has not only been active in putting out challenging material for many years, but has also GIVEN multiple reports to Democracy Now over the years, without pay or recognition.

Highlights of speeches given at the Friends of America rally Sept 7th
in Holden, WV. Learn about Global COOLING and how the fairy tale of
Green Jobs economy will bankrupt our country.

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Touted as the largest Labor Day Rally in the history of the United States, the Friends of America pro pollution anti ingenuity music/corporate propaganda fest took place in Holden, WV. They claim there are 100,000 people in attendance. but I've seen protests this size and the cops claimed 10,000. There will be another video, or 2 from this event. This one is just for fun.

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On August 14th, there will be a large protest against mountaintop removal. The EPA has handed out several permits for this practice.

For those of you who don't know, mountaintop removal is the practice of blowing up the upper part of an entire mountain for coal. This destroys all the life on a mountain and poisons both our water and air with carcinogens and heavy metals.The environmental protection agency should not be handing out Mountaintop removal permits.

We will be at the EPA headquarters handing out information and making noise.

You are invited to join concerned citizens in expressing their commitment to a clean, safe environment and community in a celebration for clean air and rally to speak out about the death cycle of coal.

This is a call for you to take a Sunday out of your life to show your dedication to protecting the air, watersheds, mountains and communities of Appalachia. Stand with Mountain Justice, United Mountain Defense, and Three Rivers Earth First! as we unite with one strong voice revealing TVA’s deep involvement in the death cycle of coal. 

When: Sunday, July 26  12:00 – 2:30

Where: In front of the TVA towers at Market Square in downtown Knoxville, TN.