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West Virginia Miners’ Struggles Still Relevant Today
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People’s Music for the Soul
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A Review of Starlight on the Rails: A Songbook
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The Protest Songs That Drove the Wobblies a Century Ago Are Still Lighting Fires
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Mat & Yvonne performing Working Class Heroes at the Bundy Museum in Binghamton, New York
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Joe Hill Again!
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Rebel Voices reviewed in Labor Studies Journal
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Staughton Lynd reviews Rebel Voices
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Mat Callahan talking about Working-Class Heroes on Against the Grain
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