#OtD 25 Aug 1921 the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest armed rebellion in the US since the civil war, began. 10,000 striking West Virginia coal miners battled with armed strikebreakers following the killing of miners, until disarmed by federal troops https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/06/09/wch-e7-the-west-virginia-mine-wars-1902-1922/
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@workingclasshistory And today West Virginia is the most anti-worker state in the Union, insulting their own great history of worker solidarity. What a disgrace. And all because of Nazi eugenics and suicidal racism.
