The Harlan County War, or Bloody Harlan, was a series of coal industry skirmishes, executions, bombings and strikes (both attempted and realized) that took place in Harlan County, Kentucky, during the 1930s. The incidents involved coal miners and union organizers on one side and coal firms and law enforcement officials on the other. The Harlan County coal miners campaigned and fought to organize their workplaces and better their wages and working conditions. It was a nearly decade-long conflict, lasting from 1931 to 1939. Before its conclusion, an unknown number of miners, deputies and bosses would be killed, state and federal troops would occupy the county more than half a dozen times, two acclaimed folk singers would emerge, union membership would oscillate wildly and workers in the nation's most anti-labor coal county would ultimately be represented by a union.
TheMegaBite7 on November 26th, 2023 at 01:46 UTC »
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ShadyBassMan on November 26th, 2023 at 02:35 UTC »
You’ll never leave Harlan alive.
talleyrandbanana on November 26th, 2023 at 03:59 UTC »
They say in Harlan county there are no neutrals there
you’ll either be a union man or a thug for JH Blair
Don’t scab for the bosses, don’t listen to their lies
Us poor folks haven’t got a chance unless we organize
Pete Seeger, “Which Side Are You On”