Appalshop: Mine War on Blackberry Creek (1986) - Web Stream

Mine War on Blackberry Creek (1986) - Web Stream
Appalshop

Mine War on Blackberry Creek reports on the long and bitter United Mine Workers of America strike in 1984 against A.T. Massey, America's fourth largest coal company with corporate ties to apartheid South Africa. While strikebreakers work inside the mines and security men with guard dogs and cameras patrol the compound, miners on the picket lines detail the history of labor struggles in the region and their determination to hold out until victory.

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