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Brigid

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6. "Your welfare ain't on that rich man's mind."

Reply to Staph (Reply #4)

Sun Aug 24, 2014, 04:07 PM

Aug 2014

-- Hazel Dickens

If the coal companies are making promises about good-paying jobs or whatever in exchange for destroying Blair Mountain, the people had best not believe them.

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Blair Mountain in Danger [View all] packman Aug 2014 OP

Mountain top removal is a sin against nature. boston bean Aug 2014 #1

Only one of the the most important labor incidents in US history. Brigid Aug 2014 #2

As long as West Virginia wants to destroy history, Downwinder Aug 2014 #3

Don't blame the people of West Virginia. Staph Aug 2014 #4

In April 2008, Blair Mountain was chosen for the list of protected places Downwinder Aug 2014 #5

"Your welfare ain't on that rich man's mind." Brigid Aug 2014 #6