Rural Radical Resistance: Labor Struggle in Appalachia

By Firestorm Books

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Three authors—Ian Byers-Gamber (“I Come Creeping”), Mitch Troutman (“The Bootleg Coal Rebellion”), and Gordon Simmons (“Mutiny in the Mountains”)—reflect on Appalachian labor history. Together they explore approaches to historiography, labor struggle outside the law (and outside union control), the importance of oral histories, and the emerging fight over data centers in the rural US. This event is organized in collaboration with PM Press as part of their All We Have Is Each Other Speaker Series.