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👩‍🏫 Have you visited our Solidarity Gallery? 🧣 The Children of Mother Jones, Educator Strikes As Care Work, covers the WV Teacher Strikes of '18, '19, and 1990! We've got signs, shirts, buttons, documents, and even some memes. Learn more: wvminewars.org/edstrike

#RedForEd teacher strikes: lessons for the #UnionStrong movement

We had a great time yesterday welcoming The Wallace Horn Friendly Neighbor Show to the Town of Matewan, WV for a recording session in the community center. We had a blast hanging with John Ellison and the rest of the crew. It was great hearing so many local musicians too!

That feeling when you're in the lead photo of the Labor Notes article on the biggest Southern union win in decades!

This month in Mine Wars History April 18-30, 1912 – Miners along Paint Creek go on strike after negotiations break down with the coal companies. Miners on Cabin Creek join the strike. The total of workers on strike numbered about 7,500. Including over 30k women and children.

🎉 Happy International Workers’ Day, May Day, and Mother Jones' bday! 🥳 Let's celebrate the gains of the labor movement, past, present, and future. Join us in preserving these stories! wvminewars.org/join to support our work.

I just became a member of the WV Mine Wars Museum to celebrate May Day ❤️

We've got a lot to get ready for this May heading into the anniversary of the Battle of Matewan. Maybe we'll see you in town!? Join us May 16th-18th. ⛏️

Fire in the hole, y’all! 🧨💥 REDNECKS is hitting the road! Hope to see you somewhere along the way! Hub City Bookshop Park Road Books WV Mine Wars Museum Scuppernong Books The Country Bookshop Barnes & Noble Dawsonville GA M. Judson Books St. Martin's Press

We're 4 days into our membership campaign. So far we have 7 new members! Learn more and help us reach our goal of 30 new members by May 18th by visiting wvminewars.org/join

We're halfway through our membership campaign and have welcomed 17 new members so far. Our goal is 30! Learn more about membership perks by visiting wvminewars.org/join

📚 Education Coordinator Update 👨‍🏫 We're celebrating having Lloyd with us for one year! He's written a blog on our website that breaks down some of his major projects and reflections for the year. Check out Dr. Lloyd's full blog at the link below. wvminewars.org/news/2024/5/11…

Smilin’ Sid Hatfield trying not to… As seen at WV Mine Wars Museum. #rednecks #sidhatfield #matewan #battleofblairmountain #blairmountain

I nearly wore out this shirt while I was writing REDNECKS. Happy for Smilin’ Sid to see the book in the wild. #sidhatfield WV Mine Wars Museum Books-A-Million St. Martin's Press

‼️New #Matewan window exhibit! Made possible in part through a grant from WV Humanities.

So much fun last night at Scuppernong Books! Thanks to Dave from WV Mine Wars Museum and International Association of Fire Fighters Local 947 for the shirt! And the two Stans one of whom was sporting this badass #MollyMaguires shirt — need! And so good to see @LexOrgera and Aaron Reed, whose intro about made me cry ♥️🧨

REDNECKS 2024! 12 events and 6 drop-ins in as many days — plus a helluvalot of miles logged in between! Thank you to everyone who hosted and came out, and the St. Martin's Press folks behind the scenes. Got a few more events shaping up this summer — more soon!

Honestly super excited about this! I just backed Black Coal and Red Bandanas – A Graphic Novel on Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/wrkcl…