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Film Screening and Discussion "Razing Applachia"
Date:
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Time:
8:00 PM
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11:00 PM
Event Type:
Other
Organizer/Author:
Scott
Location Details:
Station 40 at 3030b 16th Street; at 16th and Mission (across the street from 16th/Mission BART
Friends of Appalachia presents: "Razing Appalachia" documentary
Open 7:30 Video 8:00 Discussion 9:00
In the misty folds of the Appalachian mountains lies Pigeonroost Hollow, in Blair, West Virginia. With its narrow creek and crawdads, its wild ginseng and raccoons, Pigeonroost looks as it might have a century ago -- a woody haven tucked away from time and technology. But for how long? And at what price? In May 1998, Arch Coal, Inc. announced it would expand its Dal-Tex strip mine just above the small town of Blair. But lifetime residents said too many had already been bought out or chased away by the giant mine, and that Arch Coal's planned expansion was the final threat to their once-tranquil way of life. Forty families -- where there were once 300 -- stayed in Blair.
RAZING APPALACHIA is the story of their remarkable fight -- against the second-largest coal company in America, against the know-nothing state political leaders and, unhappily, against the 400 union miners whose jobs were on the line.
Plug in event to Bank of America's Coal Investment Day of Action on Aug 31
WHAT: film screening "Razing Appalachia" Mountaintop Removal documentary
WHERE: Station 40 at 3030b 16th Street; at 16th and Mission (across the street from 16th/Mission BART
WHEN: Thursday, August 30 at 8pm
INFO: http://mountainjusticesummer.org/events.php?id=7
CONTACT: Scott at sparki [at] riseup.net 415-235-0596
Open 7:30 Video 8:00 Discussion 9:00
In the misty folds of the Appalachian mountains lies Pigeonroost Hollow, in Blair, West Virginia. With its narrow creek and crawdads, its wild ginseng and raccoons, Pigeonroost looks as it might have a century ago -- a woody haven tucked away from time and technology. But for how long? And at what price? In May 1998, Arch Coal, Inc. announced it would expand its Dal-Tex strip mine just above the small town of Blair. But lifetime residents said too many had already been bought out or chased away by the giant mine, and that Arch Coal's planned expansion was the final threat to their once-tranquil way of life. Forty families -- where there were once 300 -- stayed in Blair.
RAZING APPALACHIA is the story of their remarkable fight -- against the second-largest coal company in America, against the know-nothing state political leaders and, unhappily, against the 400 union miners whose jobs were on the line.
Plug in event to Bank of America's Coal Investment Day of Action on Aug 31
WHAT: film screening "Razing Appalachia" Mountaintop Removal documentary
WHERE: Station 40 at 3030b 16th Street; at 16th and Mission (across the street from 16th/Mission BART
WHEN: Thursday, August 30 at 8pm
INFO: http://mountainjusticesummer.org/events.php?id=7
CONTACT: Scott at sparki [at] riseup.net 415-235-0596
For more information:
http://mountainjusticesummer.org/events.ph...
Added to the calendar on Wed, Aug 22, 2007 7:34AM
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