some of the most inspiring labor actions in America happen in Appalachia.

I’m always amazed at the PERFECT synergy between anti-idpol “left” edgelords and the centrist Dem apparatchiks of America in assuming Appalachians are just yokels whose politics are defined by Doing Slurs https://twitter.com/sen_joemanchin/status/1326670290332479488
istg I’ve heard the same horseshit from Nancy Pelosi’s aides that I’ve heard from Tracey/Nagle/Red Scare types on Appalachia. don’t read any of those dumbos. read this https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/harlan-county-coal-miner-blockade-879324/
Inside the Harlan County Coal Miner Protest

Unpaid coal miners who worked for the bankrupt Blackjewel company have been blocking coal on a Kentucky railroad track for 37 days

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/harlan-county-coal-miner-blockade-879324/
this is the one part of America that every part of the political spectrum whether left edgelords or DCCC pundits manage to fuck up in the most spectacular one-dimensional way and as a native Yinzer I gotta say
the Hillbilly Elegy cottage industry must be stopped
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