Yesterday marked the 103rd anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain - the largest armed labor uprising in US history

https://wvminewars.org/news/battleofblair

Bonus content : Nimrod Workman: Mother Jones' Will (1983)

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bzarb8ni@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y

That was fascinating, thanks for sharing. I only wish more people would read this kind of stuff and realize what life could be like when they give up the hard-earned benefits unions of the past got for us.

Nothing was given, it was all fought for.