Friday, June 10, 2005

Mountain Justice Summer activists in jail



LEGAL DEFENDS FUNDS NEEDED ASAP; NONVIOLENT ACTIVISTS FACE TRUMPED-UP CHARGES AND LUDICROUS BAIL

Three nonviolent activists with Mountain Justice Summer are in jail after protesting National Coal Corporation's first shareholders meeting. They face trumped-up felony charges and outrageous bail, and are in urgent need of legal defense funds. At 10am on Tuesday, June 7th, approximately 45 activists surprised Knoxville-based National Coal Corporation, the most destructive coal company in Tennessee, by showing up at their first-ever shareholders meeting at a Holiday Inn Select meeting room in west Knoxville. (for complete story) Email: ecoautonomy(at)yahoo.com (unverified!)
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