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#22 Whose America?, ep. 1: Rough Extraction

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Coal Miners in West Virginia Did Not Go on Strike

Coal miners in west virginia experienced a higher casualty rate on a man for man basis than the american expeditionary force in europe. Many of the miners had friends or brothers or cousins over there in france. The irony was not lost on them when they came back to the dreary and oppressive life of a coal miner in a company town.

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