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Güney Appalachia, Dağ mücadelesi
Zeb Mountain yıkımı dağ zirvesi madenciliğine karşı kampanya ile durduruldua 29 Aug 2005 03:12 GMT (traduit par a)
Şiddetsiz bir müdahale sırasında bireyler kendilerini arabaya kilitleyerek ve bir tripodun tepesinde oturarak madenin girişini kapattılar. Diğer eylemciler kendilerini matkaplara zincirlediler. Yurttaşlar dağda büyük bir "patlama yapılamayan" bölge yaratmak için vücutlarını kullanıyorlar. Dağın üstünü kazarak kömür çıkaran maden şirketleri yetkisiz insanlar bölge yakınlarındayken patlayıcı kullanamıyorlar. Tennessee, Kingsport'dan Maria Johnson "Kömür şirketleri Tennessee dağlarının su kaynaklarını havaya uçurmak için kanunları kendisine göre uyduruyor ve ihlal ediyor. Denetim makamlarının dağlarımızı korumayı reddetmesi nedeniyle şiddetsiz yurttaş müdahalesi kaçınılmaz hale gelmiştir. Dağlarımızı, suyumuzu, ormanlarımızı ve Appalachia topluluklarının korunması için mücadele ediyoruz." dedi. Asheville'den Nable Wallin ise "Bu dağlar bizim evimiz ve National Coal gibi şirketler tarafından bizden çalınıyor ve yok ediliyorlar, bu durdurulmalı. Bedenimi dağ veşirketin makinaları arasına koymam onları durdurmanın tek yolu." dedi. Daha fazla bilgi: Saatlik raporlar | Daha önceki eylemler [ MountainJusticeSummer.org | Tennessee Indymedia | ABD Indymedia ] |
photos
mjs 15.Aug.2005 14:13
Heres some photos.
MJS in need of Bond money
voice 15.Aug.2005 20:14
Hello friends --
Nine of our people were arrested this morning and the judge has set the bail for EACH defendant at $10,000. We are therefore making an urgent appeal for funds. If you can help, please visit our website at:
WWW.Mountainjusticesummer.org
Help save Appalachia!
Stop King Coal!
media
yellow 16.Aug.2005 23:38
could somebody with access to the knox news and other press websites repost some articles on here if they get a chance?
this is absolutely absurd
Silent87 17.Aug.2005 20:27
I will bet anything that these demonstrators aren't even from Tennessee, or even know anything about it. Here's some statistical information from the Census Bureau for you guys; Tennessee ranks 42nd in average median income and 47th in state revenue per capita. This mining operation will bring jobs and revenue to Tennessee, but I guess the welfare of trees and birds and deer is more important than the welfare of people.
mountaintop removal destroys jobs as well as mountains
Blue 18.Aug.2005 01:35
I and many other MJS activists are from TN, our family his/herstories in these mountains going back for generations upon generations.
The people of Appalachia, and therefore the jobs in Appalachia, are our main concern-- we want to save these mountains so that the mountain people and their culture-- past, present, and future-- may be saved. Mountaintop Removal Mining replaces people with machines and is transitory employment at best. Once the mountain is gone, what more is there for a laborer to do? Go on welfare? Work at the Wal-Mart that's built on site after "reclaimation"?
One strip mining machine can replace 100 workers. That's not an increase in employment or income for anyone, except the already-wealthy executives (and THEY're the outsiders, i.e. Florida's Massey Energy Co.)
For the Mountains,
blue from Chattanooga
Live Strong
Chicken of the Woods 23.Aug.2005 18:07
Hey Y'all the FAMILY is rooting for you.
Bail is a bit steep. How come y'all got arrested?
TN is GREEAAAT and the mountins are too pretty to get the tops chopped off.
Is is jobs when you kill the source of your existence?
That's like cutting your head off to make thinking more effective.
PEACE
OUT
PS: Next time don't get arrested. Take the #uckin' mountin. Keep it. That's legal considering what is happening to that place with the mining. How much money to replace the lives and town washed away in the floods unleashed by this mining?
THIS IS THE NORTH AMERICAN BOPHAL
Inspiring
travla 16.Sep.2005 01:13
you all are an inspiration. whether you are from tennessee or not. we all live on the same big ball of earth that feeds us. We kill her, we kill ourselves. heads up freedom fighters, you're not alone.