Podcasts about coal wars

Jeff Barnes was born and raised in Tazewell, Virginia, in the heart of coal country. He lives, writes, and practices law in Richmond. His novel “Mingo”, published in 2021, was inspired by his childhood fascination with the 1919 Matewan Massacre, which occurred during the bitter, brutal Coal Mine Wars and the stories his father told of growing up in Pocahontas, Virginia in the 1920's with friends who were first generation Americans of Hungarian and Italian descent. Last month Jeff gave a talk on Mingo, Matewan and the Coal Wars of West Virginia to the Virginia chapter of the Labor and Employment Relations Association; today's show features an excerpt from that talk. On this week's Labor History in Two: the year was 1936. That was the day more rubber workers sat down in Akron, Ohio.   Questions, comments, or suggestions are welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by the Labor Heritage Foundation and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. @WarsWV #LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @UMDMLA @ILLaborHistory @AFLCIO @StrikeHistory #LaborHistory @wrkclasshistory  

Join Dawn and guest, actor Peter Breitmayer, as they discuss this little known story from American History. Meet heroes like Sid Hatfield and Mother Jones, and villains like Albert Felts and that murderous cunt, CE Lively. It's a tragic story of labor unions and the powerful monopolists who dropped literal bombs on them - in a page that was missing from all our history books. Dawn's SourcesBook - The Battle of Blair Mountain by Robert Shogan (2004)PBS Documentary - The Mine Wars (2016)Podcast - Wondery American Story Tellers: Coal Wars - 4 Episodes----See Dawn on THE HISTORY CHANNEL!Crazy Rich AncientsHistories Greatest Mysteries (several coming next season)HILF is now on Patreon! ---NEXT NEW EPISODE:Nov. 8th, 2023 - Alan Turing with Heidi Mavir.HILF is part of The DEN - Deluxe Edition Network. Go there to find your NEXT favorite podcast!---WANNA TALK? Find us on Instagram or email us hilfpodcast@gmail.comTheme song: Composed and performed by Kat Perkins.

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The news might try and say that strikes and industrial action are the absolute end of civilization as we know it, but they would do well to hear about the Coal Wars of 1930s Kentucky. This week on That Time When, Barnaby tells us about the bloody history of the Coal Wars which led to gunfights, car bombs, and a pretty banging song written on the back of a calendar page. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the early 20th century, the mountains of West Virginia were home to a series of conflicts that turned bloody and violent, owing in part to a group of hired guards who would evict miners, destroy property, and murder. Join us as we cover Bloody Mingo, the Matewan Massacre, the Battle of Blair Mountain, and the Paint Creek/ Cabin Creek strike.  Twitter & Facebook: @macabrepediaInstagram: @macabrepediapodEmail us at: @Macabrepediapod@gmail.comRef:Battle of blair mountain by Louise Mosrie. Battle of Blair Mountain by. (n.d.). Retrieved June 12, 2022, from https://louisemosrie.com/track/2133041/battle-of-blair-mountain History. UMWA. (2022, February 22). Retrieved June 12, 2022, from https://umwa.org/about/history/ Magazine, S. (2021, August 25). What made the battle of blair mountain the largest labor uprising in American history. Smithsonian.com. Retrieved June 12, 2022, from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/battle-blair-mountain-largest-labor-uprising-american-history-180978520/ A miner's story. eHISTORY. (n.d.). Retrieved June 12, 2022, from https://ehistory.osu.edu/exhibitions/gildedage/content/MinersStory Strike, K. (2019, June 18). A dying Miner's letter to his beloved wife (1902). Flashbak. Retrieved June 12, 2022, from https://flashbak.com/a-dying-miners-letter-to-his-beloved-wife-1902-416871/ U.S. Department of the Interior. (n.d.). Matewan massacre (U.S. National Park Service). National Parks Service. Retrieved June 12, 2022, from https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/matewan-massacre.htm U.S. Department of the Interior. (n.d.). Mother Jones (U.S. National Park Service). National Parks Service. Retrieved June 12, 2022, from https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/mother-jones.htm Support the show

The largest labor uprising in American history happened in the southern hills of West Virginia in the summer of 1921. 10,000 coal miners rose up against the mine owners and their hired detectives/mercenaries/thugs known as the “mine-guards''. On their “March to Mingo” the miners are stopped at Blair Mountain and days of guerrilla fighting ensue. Will the union fighters come together to defeat their bosses? Listen in to learn all about Mother Jones, mining music, and the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency in this outrageously overlooked tale of the Coal Wars. Donate to support the show at ko-fi.com/daringdissent Follow on IG @daringdissent Theme song by Skilsel on pixabay.com Oral histories were largely sourced from the West Virginia University digital archives Background music credit to ZakharValaha and eternityplatform (Pixabay), “Fire in the Hole” by Hazel Dickens and “Dark as a Dungeon” by Merle Travis Album Art by chnkyraptr Source list for all episodes found here --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Join Snaxton & Goose as they close out this season with their longest episode yet! Goose takes a deep dive into the gun community while Snaxton talks about Coal Miners and the Coal Wars! Don't forge to rate, review, and subscribe! 

Coal mining is one of the most dangerous occupations in the world. Explosions, cave-ins, and flooding are just some of ways a miner could lose their life on the job. But in the early 1900s, not being a member of the coal miner's union could get you killed just as easily. The Coal Wars, as they were called, saw striking union members carry out some of the most violent protests in the history of labor relations in the United States. Over the course of 2 days in June 1922, the town of Herrin, Illinois became the scene of a real-life horror movie as hundreds of armed strikers brutally murdered dozens of their replacements. The media quickly dubbed the killing spree the Herrin Mine Massacre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Thad and his special guest Aaron Hackett as they reflect on the significance of Blair Mountain and the Coal Wars, what it means to protect the accuracy of our history, and how we will move forward to place our passions on the forefront of Public Policy! Visit Aaron at: https://open.spotify.com/show/4h5bonFyBZ5cgSbBVn54zb Wanna Form People Power? https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-the-wfp-peoples-charter-and-become-a-wfp-supporter/?pledge_recruiter=TB086 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Hello everyone and welcome back to the show.  In this week's episode, we discuss the Coal Wars which took place in the Appalachia region of the united states in the early 20'th century.  Mine workers and others fought and died for the rights that we take for granted today, such as the 8 hour work day, the 5 day work week, the right to unionize, and many others.  This period of labor rights struggle is completely forgotten in modern American society.  We touch on the Haymarket massacre as well briefly, and then move into the Fauci email "scandal."  We spend some time trying to make sense of the media frenzy surrounding Dr. Anthony Fauci.  Following from that discussion we remember Plandemic and Judy Mikovitz conspiracy videos.  Next we discuss the ouster of Benjamin Netanyahu and in particular the first new Prime Minister of Israel, Naftali Bennett.  We take a look at some of his policy he discusses on BBC's Hard Talk program.  We also get a bit into affirmative action, which we know very little about, and uncover a potential policy disagreement between us.  Finally, we wrap up with the big reveal from the Senate.  We have no evidence that the UFO's being seen are extraterrestrial in origin.  In other words, we learned nothing from this report that we paid for as taxpayers.  Where are the GOOD pictures?! Please subscribe to the YouTube channel if you haven't already.  Follow us on Twitch, and support us on Patreon for bonus content so that we can continue to improve and expand the show.  We are not also on BitChute as well, so please follow us there also.  Thanks for watching and have an excellent week. Awesome doc on the Coal Wars - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpyJtBl0-w4 Check out our website - https://explodingstarpodcast.wordpress.com/  

Once the coal miners lost the Battle of Blair Mountain, the story of their uprising was suppressed, and their leader Frank Keeney eventually faded into obscurity—even among members of his own family. But historian Charles Keeney, Frank Keeney’s great grandson, has made it a personal mission to raise public awareness of the mine wars and the pivotal role his ancestor played. Charles Keeney is the founder of the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum and author of The Road to Blair Mountain: Saving a Mine Wars Battlefield from King Coal. He’s also the vice president of Friends of Blair Mountain, an organization dedicated to the preservation and development of the Blair Mountain Battlefield site. He and Lindsay discuss the circumstances that led to Frank Keeney’s radicalization, his friendship with Mother Jones, and why the miners’ uprising resonates with younger generations today. For more on Charles Keeney: https://twitter.com/cbelmontkeeney Listen to new episodes 1 week early and to all episodes ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App https://wondery.app.link/historytellers.Support us by supporting our sponsors! SimpliSafe - Get a FREE home security camera, when you purchase a SimpliSafe system at SIMPLISAFE.com/TELLERS. You also get a 60 day risk free trial, so there’s nothing to lose.

The Coal Wars reached an explosive climax in August 1921, as thousands of miners furious over the death of their hero Sid Hatfield shouldered their weapons and marched south. Their destination was Mingo County, where they hoped to free their fellow miners jailed under martial law.But first, they would have to cross Blair Mountain and armed men led by Logan County’s ruthless anti-union Sheriff Don Chafin. With machine guns and private planes at his disposal, Chafin was prepared to defeat the miners at any cost. Soon, two civilian armies erupted in war, and Blair Mountain became the battleground for the largest armed uprising since the Civil War.Listen to new episodes 1 week early and to all episodes ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App https://wondery.app.link/historytellers.Support us by supporting our sponsors! Sleep Number - Save up to $1000 on the NEW Sleep Number 360® smart bed. Plus, special financing. For a limited time, only at Sleep Number stores or sleepnumber.com/TELLERS.

In May 1920, Sheriff Sid Hatfield won the loyalty of Mingo County’s miners after a deadly gun battle that left seven Baldwin-Felts agents dead on the streets of Matewan, West Virginia. That summer, the coal companies brought in trainloads of strikebreakers to get the mines running again. But local miners were electrified by the Matewan Massacre and they waged an all-out guerilla war as Hatfield awaited trial for murder. For months, gunfire and explosions echoed over the hills of Mingo County as the coal companies and their hired guards fought back with equal force. As “Bloody Mingo” made national headlines, the Governor moved to stop the unrest, imposing martial law. Soon, the military regime ruling Mingo County unleashed new atrocities against the miners and their families. And a shocking assassination sparked calls for revenge.Listen to new episodes 1 week early and to all episodes ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App https://wondery.app.link/historytellers.Support us by supporting our sponsors! Sleep Number - Save up to $1000 on the NEW Sleep Number 360® smart bed. Plus, special financing. For a limited time, only at Sleep Number stores or sleepnumber.com/TELLERS.

In March 1913, famed labor activist Mother Jones was locked up in a shack in Pratt, West Virginia, suffering from pneumonia and a high fever as she awaited court martial. For a year, the striking miners she led endured hunger and violence as they waged their desperate battle for the right to organize. Now, their struggle hung in the balance. West Virginia was under martial law, and hope for victory over the powerful coal companies seemed dimmer than ever. Newly inaugurated Governor Henry Hatfield vowed to end the crisis. But the deal would drive a wedge through the miners’ movement. New leaders took charge of the union, steering the miners through World War I and a daring new campaign into the state’s isolated southern counties. Soon, a violent showdown in the mountain town of Matewan would ignite a new, dangerous escalation in the conflict. Listen to new episodes 1 week early and to all episodes ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App https://wondery.app.link/historytellers.

In the early 20th century, coal was the fuel that powered the nation. But the men who mined it in the rugged and remote hills of West Virginia endured harsh exploitation by the coal companies that controlled their lives. In the spring of 1912, miners in West Virginia’s Kanawha Valley rose up against the companies and their powerful allies in law enforcement with a strike for their right to join a union.But the mine operators responded with force. They hired private security agents to attack the miners and their families and evict them from their homes. Soon, the escalating conflict brought the era’s most notorious labor activist, Mother Jones, to the scene. A self-described “hellraiser,” Jones joined forces with miners on the ground, sparking a series of bloody armed clashes that would rage across West Virginia for the next decade. Listen to new episodes 1 week early and to all episodes ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App https://wondery.app.link/historytellers.

Also known as: The Colorado Mining Wars, The Colorado Labor Wars and specifically The Ludlow Massacre. The US government turns it's sights on the it's own people!!! This aggression will not stand......dude! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/htwwf/support

Today we are going to start talking about the West Virginia Coal wars, specifically the Battle of Matewan AKA the Matewan Massacre. During the Coal Wars, miners from around the state began rallying against coal miners and the infamous Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency.

SPEAKERS: Quentin Beresford and David Ritter HOST: Deb Tribe Our Prime Minister recently declared the need for “fair dinkum power" when the wind isn't blowing and the sun isn't shining. But can this “fair dinkum power” be good for the planet, leaving the 90 per cent of the nation’s coal reserves in the ground estimated for Australia to meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement? Join Prof Quentin Beresford (author of Adani and the War on Coal) and David Ritter (Greenpeace CEO and author of The Coal Truth) as they discuss the Adani saga and the power behind our government’s passion for coal over a 100% renewable energy future.

Episode 17: Part 3 of a 3 part series on labor relations in industrial America.As the Coal Wars came to a close in the 1930s, there was one conflict that lasted for almost a decade straight. Welcome to Bloody Harlan County.

This week we're learning more about the fossil fuel that powered humanity's first industrial age, and helped set us on a course for a looming climate crisis. We'll speak to Richard Martin, energy editor at the MIT Technology Review, about his book "Coal Wars: The Future of Energy and the Fate of the Planet." And we'll explore the environmental impact of coal with Jeff Deyette, assistant director of energy research in the Climate and Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists.

This week we're learning more about the fossil fuel that powered humanity's first industrial age, and helped set us on a course for a looming climate crisis. We'll speak to Richard Martin, energy editor at the MIT Technology Review, about his book "Coal Wars: The Future of Energy and the Fate of the Planet." And we'll explore the environmental impact of coal with Jeff Deyette, assistant director of energy research in the Climate and Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Coal provides cheap energy and economic prosperity – along with greenhouse gases and lung disease. Can we wean ourselves, and our planet, off coal for good? Richard Martin, Author, Coal Wars: The Future of Energy and the Fate of the Planet (Palgrave Macmillan Trade, 2015) Bruce Nilles, Senior Director, Beyond Coal Campaign, Sierra Club Frank Wolak, Director, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Stanford University Brian Yu, Senior Analyst, Citi Research This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on April 22, 2015.

David Bullock is the author of Coal Wars: Unions, Strikes, and Violence in Depression-Era Central Washington (Washington State University Press, 2014). Bullock is professor and is the chair of the Communications and Languages Department at Walla Walla University. Coal Wars is at once a political history, a regional history, and a labor organizing history. Through archival research and interviews, Bullock tells the story of Roslyn, Washington and neighboring mining towns of Cle Elem and Ronald. In the 1930s, these towns were at the center of highly disputed labor negotiation that spiraled into heated argument and later violence. At the center is the national union, the United Miners Union of America, and the local upstart Western Miners Union of America, that decided to strike in 1934. Bullock weaves together a historical narrative that informs about the internal conflicts in the labor movement and how national politics affected this region of the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Bullock is the author of Coal Wars: Unions, Strikes, and Violence in Depression-Era Central Washington (Washington State University Press, 2014). Bullock is professor and is the chair of the Communications and Languages Department at Walla Walla University. Coal Wars is at once a political history, a regional history, and a labor organizing history. Through archival research and interviews, Bullock tells the story of Roslyn, Washington and neighboring mining towns of Cle Elem and Ronald. In the 1930s, these towns were at the center of highly disputed labor negotiation that spiraled into heated argument and later violence. At the center is the national union, the United Miners Union of America, and the local upstart Western Miners Union of America, that decided to strike in 1934. Bullock weaves together a historical narrative that informs about the internal conflicts in the labor movement and how national politics affected this region of the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Bullock is the author of Coal Wars: Unions, Strikes, and Violence in Depression-Era Central Washington (Washington State University Press, 2014). Bullock is professor and is the chair of the Communications and Languages Department at Walla Walla University. Coal Wars is at once a political history, a regional history, and a labor organizing history. Through archival research and interviews, Bullock tells the story of Roslyn, Washington and neighboring mining towns of Cle Elem and Ronald. In the 1930s, these towns were at the center of highly disputed labor negotiation that spiraled into heated argument and later violence. At the center is the national union, the United Miners Union of America, and the local upstart Western Miners Union of America, that decided to strike in 1934. Bullock weaves together a historical narrative that informs about the internal conflicts in the labor movement and how national politics affected this region of the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Bullock is the author of Coal Wars: Unions, Strikes, and Violence in Depression-Era Central Washington (Washington State University Press, 2014). Bullock is professor and is the chair of the Communications and Languages Department at Walla Walla University. Coal Wars is at once a political history, a regional history, and a labor organizing history. Through archival research and interviews, Bullock tells the story of Roslyn, Washington and neighboring mining towns of Cle Elem and Ronald. In the 1930s, these towns were at the center of highly disputed labor negotiation that spiraled into heated argument and later violence. At the center is the national union, the United Miners Union of America, and the local upstart Western Miners Union of America, that decided to strike in 1934. Bullock weaves together a historical narrative that informs about the internal conflicts in the labor movement and how national politics affected this region of the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices