We talk with Josh Holbrook, one of the Kentucky coal miners currently protesting coal companies Black Jewel, Black Hawk, and Revelation for stiffing him and his coworkers on backpay after going bankrupt.    Additional links/info below... <ul> <li>GoFundMe - <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/letcherminers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Letcher County BlackJewel Coal Miners</a> </li> <li>Action Network - <a href= "https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/79d3da4c086bc1598eb1f50b70f98bba9acabcd3?hash=340f6b1f35483f3a493882f9640809ce&fbclid=IwAR0PDuHTh1pTw8eqgdZCiLs-r6xY1uPY6ogz4vPx-jNvpHdWm_iaQ0y0KnQ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Fund for Former Revelation, Black Hawk, and Black Jewel Miners Demonstrating in Harlan County</a> </li> <li>Brittany Patterson & Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley Resource, " <a href= "https://ohiovalleyresource.org/2019/07/10/laid-off-employees-of-bankrupt-blackjewel-mining-seek-pay-answers/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Laid-Off Employees Of Bankrupt Blackjewel Mining Seek Pay, Answers</a>"</li> <li>Oakley Fugate & Shaylan Clark, "<a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdTd23dhdio&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Black Jewel Protest in Cumberland</a>"</li> <li>Curren Sheldon, 100 Days in Appalachia, "<a href= "https://www.100daysinappalachia.com/2019/08/02/gallery-west-virginias-recovery-boys-2-2/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Protesting Kentucky Coal Miners Who Stood Up and Stopped a Train</a>"</li> </ul>   Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/" target= "_blank" rel= "nofollow noopener">freemusicarchive.org</a>) <ul> <li>Lobo Loco, "Malte Junior - Hall"</li> </ul>

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