Mitch Troutman

The Bootleg Coal Rebellion (eBook, ePUB)

The Pennsylvania Miners Who Seized an Industry: 1925-1942

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Told with great intimacy and compassion, The Bootleg Coal Rebellion uncovers a long-buried history of resistance and resilience among depression-era miners in Pennsylvania, who sunk their own mines on company grounds and fought police, bankers, coal companies and courts to form a union that would safeguard not just their livelihoods, but protect their collective autonomy as citizens and workers for decades. Community and Labor organizer Mitch Troutman brings this explosive and accessible American tale to life through the bootleggers' own words. Scholars, historians, organizers and activists will celebrate this story of the people who literally seized mountains and stood their ground to create the Equalization movement, the miners' union democracy movement, and the Communist-led Unemployed Councils of the anthracite region. This epic story of work, love and community stands as a testament to the power of collective action; a story that is sorely needed as communities today rise to confront neoliberal policies ravaging our planet.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: PM Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781629639475
• Artikelnr.: 63260590

Autorenporträt

Mitch Troutman is a writer, educator, organizer, and jack-of-all-trades living in Central Pennsylvania. He is a direct descendent of bootleg coal miners and belongs to the group Anthracite Unite.

Inhaltsangabe

Epigraph
Table of Contents
Dedication
Maps
Glossary
Foreword by Staughton Lynd
1. Introduction   
2. Children of Martyrs
3. The Long Strike
4. Harbinger
5. Loaded Dice
6. Broad Daylight
7. We Do Our Part
8. Truckers & Breakers
9. Organization & Immunity
10. Fight—Or Starve!
11. The Bootleggers’ Union
12. The Commission
13. Reading Anthracite
14. Fuse
15. The Battle of Donaldson
16. WWII – Today
17. Afterward
18. Epilogue: Bottom Rock Slope, 2021
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Notes
Index