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Direct Action
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"It can shake you, it can knock the pictures off your
walls, it can ruin your water and you guys'll let it do it!"
-Cassie Jones to TECO mining rep. about blasting
CMI supports community groups by being video witnesses when they confront a company or government officials. We document these events in hopes of pressuring the groups to react responsibly and to capture any promises made by officials or company employees. It is also useful to have a video document for grassroots groups to review in measuring the effectiveness of their actions.
Below are audio links from a direct action where resisdents from Letcher County, KY went on a TECO mining company strip-job and confronted the company about blasting damage to nearby homes and water. The residents met before-hand, drove up as a group, and made sure to invite the local media for added coverage.
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Click to hear local magistrate Wayne Fleming talk with a representive of TECO mining. |
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Click to hear a TECO mining representive respond to community grievances due to blasting damage. |
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Click to hearCassie Jones confront TECO mining about the damage to homes and water. |
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Click to hear Roy Fairchild explain how his water has turned "red". |