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In reply to the discussion: We are literally being erased [View all]berniesandersmittens
(13,127 posts)11. Here is what I am referencing to
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An alternative origin story is that during the West Virginia Mine Wars of the early 1920s, workers organizing for labor rights donned red bandanas, worn tied around their necks, as they marched up Blair Mountain in a pivotal confrontation. The West Virginia Mine Wars Museum commemorates their struggle for fair wages. A monument in front of the George Buckley Community Center in Marmet, WV, part of the "Courage in the Hollers Project" of the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum depicts the silhouettes of four mine workers cut from steel plate, wearing bright red bandanas around their necks or holding them in their hands.[11][12]
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The rich and those who help the billionaires get richer are the only ones who matter.
Irish_Dem
Feb 2025
#2
Keep pushing, it's a terrific series. I tried posting the YouTube clips but no go. Also,
appalachiablue
Feb 2025
#65
Thanks farmer Rick. It's in your DNA. My parents said everybody lost everything, except the rich.
Evolve Dammit
Feb 2025
#71
"What is history but a fable agreed upon?" Napolean said this they say, the historians that is.
twodogsbarking
Feb 2025
#15
I'll never forget the video of the maga guy at the Charlie Kirk event asking, "When can we use the guns?"
CrispyQ
Feb 2025
#41
Terrible. What did the sign say before? I remember Stonewall since I was/am a NYC'r.
electric_blue68
Feb 2025
#67
