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Originally Posted by Boreas
I've spent a fair amount of time in Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia coal country, not so much Ohio, Kentucky & Tennessee, and have seen the way coal companies have raped the land and destroyed communities. We all "know" about this but it has to be seen to be fully appreciated.
I lived in Colorado too but never saw the coal region there. That being said, I know a little history. There were two Columbine Massacres in Colorado history. The more recent one we all know about but the first one, in 1927, doesn't get much attention. It occurred in the town of Serene when striking miners at the Columbine Mine were mowed down by State Police and company goons using machine guns and small arms.
Worse was the Ludlow Massacre. Colorado National Guardsmen attacked a "tent city" erected by striking coal miners and their families. Twenty people were killed, more than half of them children.
There were similar instances all over the country. Notable are the Lattimer Massacre in Pennsylvania, 19 killed, and the Battle of Matewan in West Virginia. There's a great movie, "Matewan", about this. It's pretty accurate.
I guess that means "yes", worker and community rights come before proofits.
John
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No, no, no, John. You have it ALL WRONG! Only unions engage in violence. I know this, Glenn Beck said so.
You do realize that it is not politically correct among right wingers to portray striking union members as victims of corporate sponsered violence, don't you? Even if it is historical fact.
What's that? You don't really care what they think?
Neither do I
Dave