[HCCN] fw: action at Coal River Junction

[Judith Robbins]

Here's someone to look up to:


Ken Hechler: 'We are going to need hellraisers to stop this  
devastating practice.'
UPDATE: "The Sword of Damocles hangs over Marsh Fork Elementary School."

"I started out an as activist, but founded it necessary to be a hell  
raiser. We are going to need hellraisers to stop this devastating  
practice."--Ken Hechler

Video of former US Representative Ken Hechler (D-WV), who introduced  
the first bill to end mountaintop removal and stripmining in 1971. As  
a hero to coal miners, Hechler led the campaign for better mining  
workplace safety and black lung laws and compensation. The 94-year- 
old Hechler was arrested at the Coal River action, along with  
coalfield residents and parents, 88-year-old West Virginia activist  
Winnie Fox, Daryl Hannah, and James Hansen, and Goldman Prize Award  
winner Judy Bonds, RAN director Michael Brune and many others.

Video link is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us7jI95R_vc
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