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The Battle of Blair Mountain
Revolutionary Left Radio
English - July 28, 2020 19:07 - 3 hours - 83.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratingsPolitics News Society & Culture Philosophy communism history leftwing liberalism marxism philosophy politics socialism Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Chris and Dave from the Mandatory OT and IWW join Breht to cover the fascinating and crucially important history of the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest labor uprising in American history and the largest armed uprising in America since the Civil War.
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A List of Sources: 1. “Thunder In the Mountains” by Lon Savage 2. “Life, Work, and Rebellion in the Coal Fields” and “Gun Thugs, Rednecks, and Radicals” by David Alan Corbin 3. PBS’s “American Experience: The Mine Wars” 4. “Smokestacks in the Hills: Rural-Industrial Workers in West Virginia” by Lou Martin 5. “Company-Owned Americans” by Arthur Gleason 6. “Black Avalanche” by Winthrop D. Lane 7. West Virginia State Archives 8. WVCultureOutro Music: 'Blair Mountain' by Great American Taxi
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