A former coal miner puts the recent coal train track occupation in Harlan County in perspective.
On Raiding
Nick Driedger talks about what is at stake when one union tries to “raid” another.
Movie Review: Harlan County, USA (1976)
The author, who worked as a coal miner as a teenager, reviews this classic documentary about a miners’ strike in Kentucky, and talks about the historic significance of these struggles. Barbara Koppel’s 1976 documentary Harlan […]