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Scope note
Use for different kinds of strikes, such as labour strikes, student strikes, and hunger strikes.

The Red Neck War: The Battle of Blair Mountain, West Virginia 1921

Reprint of 1981 essay, originally published in GOLDENSEAL.
"The assassination of Matewan Masscre defendants Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers in August 1921 brought the West Virginia Mine Wars to a frenzied crescendo. Outraged coal miners marched South from the Kanawha valley by the thousands..."