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more about #westvirginia southernbelle: Wonderful for posting this. I recently moved back to Appalachia after some time in CA, and it is amazing (and saddening) how much the landscape has ch... more » ellaesther: Thank you Megan for posting this. This is precisely the sort of thing that I would miss were if not for this blog, and it's a really important story. ... more » La Chica Lucy: I stood for the union, walked in the line, fought against the company, I stood for the UMW of A, now who's gonna stand for me? Well I got no job, and ... more » Newsgirl: Yes! Stop strip mining, and save Appalachia. I'm a WVa coal miner's daughter. The companies are terrible. more » VPea: ugh and my stock in International Coal Company would sink even further. This bitch cares naught for my IRA!!! more » greengrey: What jobs would they have if they can't be coalminers anymore? more » Ms. Crankypants: "The phenomenon is a lot like battered-wife syndrome or Stockholm syndrome. The state has allowed the coal industry to create a mono-economy in West V... more » Khrushchev: Um, I find this really offensive towards people who sip lattes. Is she saying that we are elitist for not gulping down our lattes outright? Lattes a... more » -
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The Coal Miner's Daughter
Julia Bonds, who says, "I'm not a latte sipper, I'm a hillbilly, man," is working within coal communities to stop strip mining and develop economic alternatives to the coal industry. More fascinating details, here: [Newsweek]
