S1E95 - E95: Bootleg miners, part 1

During the Great Depression in the US, facing mass job losses and abject poverty, thousands of coal miners in Pennsylvania took direct action and began digging their own mines on company property. We tell their story in this two-part podcast.
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With Mitch Troutman, author of the excellent book, The Bootleg Coal Rebellion...