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Colombia’s President Called Out an Alabama Company’s Coal Exports to Israel. Now Alabamians Are Protesting
President Gustavo Petro banned coal shipments to Israel over what he’s called a genocide in Gaza. He’s now cracking down on Drummond Company and others he says may have violated that ban.
By Lee Hedgepeth
VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala.—On Friday evening, a group of protesters gathered at a busy intersection in Liberty Park near the corporate campus of Drummond Company Inc., an Alabama-based coal producer. Their message was clear, painted and printed on signs bearing the green, red and black of the Palestinian flag: “Drummond Fuels Genocide.”