Miners
Trump’s attacks on Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act bring suffering in Coal Country
December 10, 2025Although the law failed to deliver a Green New Deal, it had started to revitalize jobs and the economy in West Virginia.
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‘The Old Oak’: Another masterwork from Ken Loach
July 9, 2024Ken Loach’s current film The Old Oak is yet another timeless masterwork from one of cinema’s greatest directors.
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Pride and Billy Elliot: same strike, contrasting portrayals
July 5, 2024Both Billy Elliot and Pride are set during the pivotal 1984-5 Miners’ Union strike in northern England, where miners struggled for over a year against the implacable Thatcher government to win better working conditions.
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Michael Wilson’s ‘Salt of the Earth’ script, miracle of the blacklist era
July 1, 2024Salt of the Earth was the most daring script of Michael Wilson’s career.
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Black lung is back: Disease’s deadliest form sees ten-fold increase among Appalachian miners
March 16, 2023As mining corporations push for ever-harder to reach coal, workers are facing new and more dangerous health risks from silica dust.
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