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June 6, 2011

March Against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Begins in West Virginia 
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Hundreds of people are beginning a five-day march in West Virginia today
to protest mountaintop removal mining. The demonstrators will walk from
Marmet to Blair Mountain, in an event marking the Battle of Blair
Mountain, the largest armed confrontation in U.S. labor history. In
1921, thousands of miners in the area marched to organize non-union coal
mines. This year's demonstration is billed as an effort to demand
sustainable job creation in all Appalachian communities, abolish
mountaintop removal, strengthen labor rights and preserve Blair
Mountain.



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