Cov neeg saib xyuas kuv ntawm qhov chaw ntawm Gogebic Taconite mine nyob rau Northwestern Wisconsin's Penokee Range. Gogebic cov tub ceev xwm tau ntiav cov tub rog tiv thaiv los ntawm Bulletproof Security hauv Arizona thiab tau hais rau hnub Tuesday tias, txawm tias muaj kev thuam, cov neeg saib xyuas yuav mus saib xyuas lub xaib. Kev lees paub los ntawm Rob Ganson
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Hloov tshiab: Lub Xya Hli 10. Saib WisconsinWatch.org blog: Miner Gogebic yanks ruaj ntseg ruaj ntseg ntawm qhov chaw xyaum, tseem tos Wisconsin daim ntawv tso cai

Hloov tshiab: Lub Xya Hli 12Video ntawm lub Rau Hli 11 qhov xwm txheej tau raug tshem tawm ntawm Wisconsin Public Radio dab neeg, tab sis tseem muaj nyob rau ntawm madison.com. Lus ceeb toom: muaj cov lus nraaj.

Txawm hais tias muaj kev thuam hnyav los ntawm ob tus neeg tsim cai lij choj sab qaum teb thiab kev tawm tsam los ntawm cov neeg tawm tsam mining, tus kws tshaj lij ntawm Gogebic Taconite tau hais rau hnub Tuesday tias tub rog, tub rog-style tus neeg saib xyuas yuav txuas ntxiv mus saib xyuas qhov chaw tob hauv Penokee Range qhov chaw uas lub tuam txhab xav tsim kom muaj qhov qhib loj. kuv pit.

Bob Seitz, tus neeg saib xyuas Madison sawv cev rau Gogebic, tau hais tias cov neeg saib xyuas yog qhov tsim nyog vim tias muaj kev tawm tsam ntawm 15 txog 20 tus neeg tawm tsam thiab tsis paub tus naj npawb ntawm kuv cov neeg ua haujlwm ib hlis dhau los.

"Cov neeg saib xyuas yuav nyob," Seitz hais. "Peb muaj lub luag haujlwm los muab chaw ua haujlwm nyab xeeb."

Tab sis lwm tus hais tias lawv ntshai Gogebic Taconite qhov kev ntiav cov neeg saib xyuas tsuas yog ua haujlwm kom nce qhov kev sib tw uas twb muaj dhau los ntawm lub tuam txhab txoj kev npaj tsim kom muaj 4 ½-mais-ntev qhib qhov qhib hlau mine nyob rau sab qaum teb Wisconsin.

Thiab cov neeg thuam ntawm lub tuam txhab hais tias cov neeg saib xyuas, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov uas hnav tactical gear thiab armed nrog semi-automatic riam phom, yog tsis tsim nyog vim hais tias cov neeg tawm tsam cov kev ua ub no yuav luag tag nrho kev thaj yeeb.

Txij li thaum muaj plua plav tawm ntawm cov neeg tawm tsam thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv kuv lub rau hli ntuj 11, qhov kev tawm tsam tsis tu ncua tawm tsam kuv - nyob hauv qhov chaw loj ntawm Chippewa pab pawg neeg hauv hav zoov tsis deb ntawm qhov chaw kuv - tau muaj kev thaj yeeb, raws li Iron County Tub Ceev Xwm Tony Furyk.

Furyk tau hais tias nyob rau hauv qhov xwm txheej, ib tug poj niam raug foob nrog kev nyiag khoom nrog kev siv dag zog, kev ua phem, tom qab nws yuam kom coj lub koob yees duab tawm ntawm tus neeg ua haujlwm Gogebic. Cov koom haum ntawm Chippewa kev kawm encampment - uas yog ua qauv ntawm cov chaw sau qoob uas siv los ntawm pab pawg neeg yav dhau los rau ntses, sau zaub mov thiab sau cov kua txiv hmab txiv ntoo - hais tias cov neeg tawm tsam tau ua yam tsis muaj kev paub thiab ntxiv tias txij li lawv tau tsim cov cai nruj heev los tiv thaiv xws li. cov neeg los ntawm kev siv lub camp.

Mel Gasper, tus tswvcuab ntawm Lac Court Oreilles uas saib xyuas lub chaw pw hav zoov, hais tias tam sim no nws xam phaj thiab tshuaj xyuas txhua tus neeg uas xav nyob hauv lub yeej rog. Nws tau hais tias lub chaw pw hav zoov tau siv tsis yog los saib xyuas cov tuam txhab kev ua haujlwm tsuas yog txhawm rau qhia cov tib neeg txog thaj chaw qus ntawm Penokees.

Furyk tau hais tias tsis muaj teeb meem nrog lub chaw sau qoob lossis nrog cov neeg tawm tsam txij li lub Rau Hli kev tawm tsam. Nws tau hais tias "Kuv tau tham nrog cov neeg tuav daim ntawv tso cai ntawm lub yeej rog thiab lawv tau koom tes zoo," nws hais.

Tab sis kev xav tau nce mus ntxiv. Thaum hmo ntuj ntawm Lub Xya Hli 4, Furyk tau hais tias, pawg neeg chij tau raug nyiag los ntawm qhov nkag mus rau hauv lub chaw sau qoob. Thiab Seitz tau hais tias cov neeg tawm tsam kuv tseem tab tom taug kev los ntawm lub chaw sau qoob mus rau qhov chaw mine.

Seitz tau hais tias "Lawv tuaj nyob nruab nrab hmo ntuj," "Nws yog qhov pheej hmoo kev nyab xeeb tsis tu ncua." Nws hais ntxiv tias lub tuam txhab yuav nrhiav kev txwv tsis pub nkag mus rau thaj chaw yav tom ntej.

Xeev Tus Neeg Sawv Cev Janet Bewley, D-Ashland, tau hais tias lub tuam txhab muaj kev cuam tshuam ntau dhau.

Bewley tau hais tias "Tsis muaj laj thawj rau lawv kom Rambo mus rau txoj kev uas lawv muaj vim tias txhua yam muaj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb," Bewley tau hais. “Tom qab ib hlis ntawm kev thaj yeeb, vim li cas thiaj coj pab pawg tub rog? Peb tsis raug cai nyob ntawm no. Peb tsis yog Deadwood qhov twg tsis muaj kev cai lij choj thiab koj xav tau Pinkerton. "

Bewley tau koom nrog xeev Sen. Bob Jauch, D-Poplar, sau ib tsab ntawv nyob rau lub lim tiam no hais kom lub tuam txhab tshem tawm cov neeg saib xyuas, uas yog los ntawm Arizona cov tub ceev xwm ntiag tug hu ua Bulletproof.

"Cov duab no txaus ntshai," sau Bewley thiab Jauch, "thiab qhov kev txiav txim los ntawm lub tuam txhab los ntiav lub tuam txhab kev ruaj ntseg siab Arizona no yog qhov txaus ntshai. Cov tub rog kev ruaj ntseg no muaj nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb thib peb tiam sis lawv tsis nyob hauv Northern Wisconsin.

"Peb tsis tuaj yeem pib piav qhia tias yuav ua li cas chim siab rau cov pej xeem ntawm Northern Wisconsin thaum pom peb cov hav zoov raug saib xyuas los ntawm cov tub rog npog ntsej muag nqa riam phom ua tub rog zoo li mercenaries nyob rau lub sijhawm ua tsov rog. Txawm hais tias tsis muaj leej twg tuaj yeem sib cav tias koj lub tuam txhab tsis muaj cai tiv thaiv koj tus kheej cov khoom ntiag tug, cov tub rog tiv thaiv no tsis muaj lub hom phiaj tshwj tsis yog los hem cov pej xeem hauv zos thiab ua rau muaj kev kub ntxhov hauv zej zog. "

Cov neeg saib xyuas tau yees duab thawj zaug los ntawm Rob Ganson, tus neeg sib tw kuv tus kheej uas tsis tu ncua mus xyuas lub chaw sau qoob loo thiab siv sijhawm taug kev mus rau qhov chaw mine los saib xyuas kev ua si. Nws xav tsis thoob thaum pom cov tub rog tiv thaiv hauv cov khoom siv tactical nrog lub ntsej muag lub ntsej muag. Ganson, uas tsis yog ib pab pawg neeg, tau hais tias nws tau siv sijhawm nyob rau ntawm lub chaw sau qoob loo kom paub ntau ntxiv txog kev saib ntawm pawg neeg ntawm kuv thiab yav dhau los coj nws tus poj niam nrog. Tam sim no, nrog rau muaj riam phom muaj zog hauv hav zoov, nws tsis kam coj nws nrog ntxiv lawm.

Ganson tau hais tias "Nws tau ua rau muaj kev ntxhov siab heev," Ganson tau hais. "Qhov kawg peb xav tau yog Kent State nyob ntawm no hauv toj."

George Meyer, tus thawj coj ntawm Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, tau koom tes nrog cov teeb meem mining ntau xyoo. Nws tau ua haujlwm ua tus kws lij choj rau thiab ua tus tuav ntaub ntawv ntawm Lub Xeev Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Lub Xeev thaum muaj kev tsis sib haum xeeb thiab thaum kawg ua tsis tiav ntawm Exxon Minerals los tsim lub mine ze Crandon. Txoj haujlwm ntawd tau tuag ntau vim yog pab pawg neeg tawm tsam.

Meyer, uas tsis ntev los no tau muab cov lus tshaj tawm hauv Lub Nroog Iron txog qhov xav tau rau cov kev cai hauv zos mining cuam tshuam thiab zoning, tau hais tias lub tuam txhab txoj kev ua haujlwm hnyav, suav nrog tsis yog ntiav cov tub rog tiv thaiv nkaus xwb tab sis kuj tawm tsam cov cai hauv zos, tuaj yeem ua rau qee qhov - suav nrog yav dhau los cov neeg txhawb nqa - los nug tag nrho cov phiaj xwm tsuas.

Meyer hais tias "Qhov no yog yam uas ua rau rov qab," Meyer hais txog cov neeg saib xyuas. "Lawv tau (Gogebic Taconite) poob lub siab zoo ntawm pej xeem."

Cov nonprofit Wisconsin Center rau Kev Tshawb Xyuas Xov Xwm (www.WisconsinWatch.org) koom tes nrog Wisconsin Cov Xov Xwm Zej Tsoom, Wisconsin Cov Xov Xwm Rau Pej Xeem, lwm cov xov xwm tshaj tawm thiab UW-Madison Tsev Kawm Ntawv Xov Xwm thiab Kev Sib Txuas Lus. Txhua yam haujlwm tsim, tshaj tawm, tshaj tawm lossis tshaj tawm los ntawm Lub Chaw tsis tas yuav cuam tshuam cov kev xav lossis kev xav ntawm UW-Madison lossis ib qho ntawm cov koom tes.

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7 teb rau "Paramilitary-style guards 'yuav mus nyob,' lub tuam txhab mining vows"

  1. Lawv tsis tawm! Surprise! 'Lub tebchaws no tsis yog koj lub tebchaws, lub tebchaws no yog kuv lub tebchaws.' Lub kiv puag ncig puas yuav pib ntawm no? Yog tsis nyob ntawm no ces qhov twg? 'Tsis yog thaj av ntawm cov dawb, tab sis lub tsev ntawm tus qhev…'

  2. Puas yog renta-cops nrog rab yaj phom txaus? Vim li cas ho khaus semi-auto phom thiab khoom? Tsuas yog ib pawg ntoo-huggers tawm tsam. Tsis zoo li nws qhov kev hloov pauv Asmeskas lossis lwm yam.

  3. Vim tias cov neeg tawm tsam thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm miner qw, qw, thiab sim ua kom puas tsuaj tsis yog kev ntshai. Dab tsi ntxiv yog kev tawm tsam yog tias tsis muaj kev hem los ntawm ib pab pawg loj los sim hloov pauv tsis raug cai?

    Cov neeg no tsuas yog npau suav tias lawv tau saj ntawm lawv tus kheej cov tshuaj ... hem. Thiab tam sim no lawv npau taws vim lawv xav tias ntshai.

    Zoo rau lub tuam txhab…

  4. Tsis muaj dab tsi attracts ib pawg neeg zoo li ib pawg neeg. Peb yuav tos kom txog thaum lub caij tua tsiaj ua ntej peb mus rau toj roob nrog peb rab phom. Hnab ob peb mos lwj. Ci lub cev nqaij daim tawv ntawm thaj av thiab ua kev zoo siab rau New America ua rau ntawm thaj chaw qub ntawm Asmeskas. Raws li tsis muaj tus neeg saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg yuav nres peb.

  5. "'Koj tsis tuaj yeem khiav lub tuam txhab thee yam tsis muaj phom tshuab,' suav nrog Mellon style ntawm kev sib raug zoo ntawm kev ua haujlwm. Richard Mellon tau rhuav tshem United Mine Workers union ntawm tsev neeg Pittsburgh Coal Company nyob rau xyoo 1925. Peb xyoos tom qab ntawd US Senate's Interstate Commerce Committee tau mus rau Pittsburgh los nug txog qhov kev tawm tsam no ntawm Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon. Lawv nug Richard Mellon txog lub tshuab phom ntawm Pennsylvania's Coal thiab Hlau Tub Ceev Xwm, lub npe nrov ntiag tug tawm tsam uas ua haujlwm zoo li Blackwater (tam sim no hu ua XE) mercenaries ua. Mellon teb tias, 'Nws yog qhov tsim nyog. Koj khiav tsis tau yog tsis muaj lawv.'
    http://www.workers.org/2009/us/mellons_0820/

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