When ordinary means are insuficient to prevent a monsterous harm from being perpertrated the only choice left is to go above and beyond the ordinary to persue a higher justice. The inertia of our economic arrangements built on a foundation of cheap and dirty energy needs to be broken lose. Bussiness as usual in unsustainable. We must go above an beyond the ordinary means at our disposal.
That's what brought me to Helena Montant for a week of protests against big coal and Civil Disobedience against the expansion of coal mining in the Powder River Basin.
Mon 7 were arrested.
Tue. 3 were arrested.
Arch applies for permit to mine 1.5 BILLION TONS of Coal as more are arrested in Helena
Wen. 4 were arrested.
Thus. 6 were arrested.
Day Four of Coal Export Action keeping the pressure on Big Coal 6 more Arrested
Fri. 3 were arrested.
Tim DeChristopher speaks to the issue of Civil Disobedience my elequently than I could. Please take a few minutes to watch the video I made of Tim DeChristopher at Netroots Nation 2011.
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Tim DeChristopher (Bidder #70) is sentenced to 2 years in Federal Prison $10,000 Fine
UPDATE:
This was writen in the morning for publishing in the evening, so I was unaware that the leaders of the Coal Import Action cut the protest short by two days (something to do with the Montana Land Board rescheduling their meeting to avoid our protests) Legal and jail support were wrapping up so I did not go ahead with my plan to be arrested much to my disappointment I attempted to preempt the scheduled publication and thought I did so, but to my dismay I see it was published. My apologies.
Painting of a pioneer miner on the Montana Capital's dome.
Powder River Basin coal mine.