Almost a century after the infamous Battle of Blair Mountain, one of the biggest and bloodiest class war uprisings in U.S. history, suffering Appalachian coal miners have taken matters into their own hands once again. BlackjewelProtest
to bar the train from moving until the miners get paid, but for now, their bills are still piling up.
“The good old days you should remember is when we had unions and we could look forward to a future and our kids had a better future,” Terry Steele, a retired miner and member of UMWA Local 1440, told the“Now our kids are scared to death of their future. It’s because of greed and everything flowing to the top.”This is why the Blackjewel miners and their blockade are so important amid so much uncertainty and fear.
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