Mitch Troutman’s Blog

The radical history of the Pennsylvania coal region is the subject of a new book ‘The Bootleg Coal Rebellion.’ By…

By Andrew Andrews True Review My parents grew up in what sounded to me, when we visited, like “the cold…

By Andrew Andrews True Review My parents grew up in what sounded to me, when we visited, like “the cold…

By Mitch Troutman Bootleg coal towns had makeshift alert systems. When the coal companies moved against the bootleg miners, some…

Told with great intimacy and compassion, Bootleg Coal Rebellion: The Pennsylvania Miners Who Seized an Industry, 1925-1942 (PM Press, 2022)…

By Firestorm Coop September 12th, 2022 Join author Mitch Troutman in conversation with creative activist Eleanor Goldfield in this virtual…

By Mitch Troutman The bootleggers weren’t the only ones reclaiming company coal for their own. For a century or better,…

By Mitch Troutman Bootleg Coal I want to share a short except from the book of one of the most…

Mitch Troutman, on the upcoming book signings and appearances for his book: The Bootleg Coal Rebellion: The Pennsylvania Miners Who…

Project Censored September 20, 2022 Download file | Play in new window | Recorded on September 20, 2022 This week,…