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Help Sustain Direct Action in the Coalfields of Appalachia
Support 14 Activists Who Courageously Stopped Mountaintop Removal
26 Feb 10
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Dear Friends,

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Two Jailed Pro-Mountain Activists Stage Hunger Strike Against Excessive Bail
Non-violent activists receiving higher bails than violent offenders
22 Feb 10
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The legal system is loaded against people fighting King Coal in Appalachia. Over the past year, we’ve seen excessive “cash-only” bails for non-violent activists in jail and excessive fines once their legal matters are settled.

Now two of the three activists arrested last week at the Marfork Coal Company’s offices are fighting back against their excessive bails ($5000 for two and $7500 for the third activist, Mike Roselle).

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Internet to Chase: Stop Destroying the Mountains!
Put Chase on the Run; Social Media Day of Action Starts on Feb. 18
18 Feb 10
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JP Morgan Chase is the biggest U.S. financier of mountaintop removal.
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Rev. Billy:Let Us CHASE the Devil out of Mountaintop Removal!
Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Join the Campaign to End Mountaintop Removal
4 Mar 10
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We’ve got some friends in New York joining the campaign to end mountaintop removal.

Today, I got the following email from Rev. Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping:

Our new song “Mountain-top” begins with this re-questioning from Dr. King’s last sermon:

Have we been to the mountain-top?
Did we do all we could do?
JP Morgan rains down rock
Exploding loans from the Devil came due…

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Moutaintop Removal is Dirty

Coen Brothers on 'Clean Coal'