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The Road to Blair Mountain: Saving a Mine Wars Battlefield from King Coal

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A Blair Mountain coal miner with his rifle slung over his shoulder, 1921.

A Century Ago, West Virginia Miners Took Up Arms Against King Coal

In 1921, twenty thousand armed miners in West Virginia marched on the coal bosses and were met with bombs and submachine guns.

by Arvind Dilawar, Chuck Keeney via Jacobin on June 23, 2021

Striking miners

A Culture of Resistance

The 2018 West Virginia teachers’ strike in historical perspective.

by Chuck Keeney via Lapham’s Quarterly on March 30, 2018

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