Tag Archives: West Virginia

Coal Mining : Union-Busting and the Massey Disaster

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Deaths in West VirginiaDid not have to happen By Jay D. Jurie / The Rag Blog / April 14, 2010 With the death of 29 coal miners at the Massey Coal-operated Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia, the United … Continue reading →

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NASA Scientist, Actress Hannah, Arrested in Coal Mining Protest

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Actress Darryl Hannah is arrested by West Virginia State Police Tuesday, June 23, 2009 following a mountaintop removal mining protest in Naoma, W.Va. She was among several hundred protesters who held a rally outside Marsh Fork Elementary school that sits … Continue reading →

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‘Justice in the Coalfields’ : The Pittston Strike, April 5, 1989

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Trailer: ‘Justice in the Coalfields’ by Anne Lewis Anne Lewis’ provocative and skillfully produced documentary of the strike, Justice in the Coalfields, has had a profoundly formative influence not only on my understanding of the struggle, but larger issues of … Continue reading →

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