Today we remember the original Rednecks: 10,000 coal miners who fought a literal army in order to earn better working conditions during the Battle of Blair Mountain 100 years ago.
Here's a little bit of info about the largest armed labor uprising in U.S. history:
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#LaborDay These West Virginian miners were diverse members of the working class: white and Black, immigrants and deep-rooted locals. They lived in an oppressive company town where the mining company controlled every aspect of their life, even charging them for their own work tools.
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Hi new followers! Yesterday DSA members Judith Whitmer, Jacob Allen, Dr. Zaffar Iqbal & Ahmad Adé took over @nvdems. We've been hard at work after @BernieSanders's caucus win, organizing for power wherever we can.

Let us tell you a little bit about what we've been up to 1/11 The pandemic hit in earnest as we were coming down from the high of the caucus. We started a mutual aid network in March and we've given out over $13k in direct cash assistance since then. Donate: lvdsa.org/mutual-aid 2/11