Tag Archives: coal mining

Divestment Days and the “War on Coal”

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Working-Class Perspectives

Next weekend, February 13 and 14, hundreds of cities around the world will witness actions as part of Global Divestment Days, calling for an end to fossil fuel addiction and a transition to a clean-energy future. The Fossil Free coalition … Continue reading →

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The Paradox of Labor in Reality TV

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Working-Class Perspectives

While hundreds of thousands of Americans have lost their jobs and are looking for work due to the recession, the one place that full employment still exists is on reality TV. Whether reality performers are running a beauty salon in … Continue reading →

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Industrial Heritage and the Value of Working-Class Memory

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Working-Class Perspectives

A year or so ago, I was helping one of my sociology students get started on an essay.  She wanted to write, she said, “something on coalmining communities.” I suggested she narrow the topic, since coal mining was, until relatively … Continue reading →

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Mountains or Jobs: A False Question

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Working-Class Perspectives

In June, I was lucky enough to be among some 250 protestors who walked for five days from Marmet, West Virginia, fifty miles south to Blair Mountain.  We traced the path coal miners had taken in 1921, which culminated in … Continue reading →

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