THANK A UNION - Cecil Roberts President United Mine Workers of America - Battle of Blair Mountain
"When you see all these people with a social security check, you think that fell out of the sky? Thank a union!"
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- Feb 4, 2022
- 1 min
The Blair Mountain Battle with American System TV
Full Interview Evan Papp discusses the largest armed insurrection in the U.S. since the Civil War with the American System Network. This...
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- Sep 9, 2021
- 2 min
Voices from the Centennial March to Blair Mountain - Organized by the United Mine Workers of America
“So why did we want to recreate this March? Because we are bound and determined that the history of our forefathers will not be taken...
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- Sep 2, 2021
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Remembering 1921: The Battle of Blair Mountain - David Rovics Audio Essay
“There is another America. Remember it. Those miners died for you. You should at least know who they were. And then let's all follow...
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- Aug 18, 2021
- 2 min
The Road to Blair Mountain - Saving a Mine Wars Battlefield from King Coal
“So the idea was to recruit basically a third black miners, a third immigrant, and a third native white and cramp them all together and...
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