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• captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  United States. Look into Appalachian coal miner union history. The company towns were part of the story but not the whole of the exploitation of the workers. The Battle of Blair Mountain is the most famous incident. Also the music involved fucking slaps.

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  • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NThsT7M4uA

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  • toasteecup@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Time for a deep dive, even taking APUSH we really only scratched the surface of this incident. I know even to know the workers were truly wage slaves but I don’t know all of the gory details.

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah that makes sense. They were absolutely kept in economic bondage, with brutal treatment. And when they resisted tensions escalated. They matched to unionize and the bosses brought in mercenaries. Gunfire was exchanged, and at times machine guns were mounted to trains or nested in mountains to stop strikers. Teenagers charged them.

      It’s worth learning more. If for no other reason than because Appalachia is a special part of the country that’s often misunderstood and it helps put their distrust of outsiders into context

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