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

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The Trade Union Movement Is Our Very Life

The union not only determines what our material life shall be, but it determines, to a large degree, our spiritual life as well. Gone were the circuit riding ministers and camp fire revival meetigs that native mountaineers had known. The irish catholic and the english anglican both had to attend the baptist church, and are preached at by a company minister. So they didn't see much use in fighting over who was right. This same spirit extended to racial and ethnic tensions. Before long, that was all washed away by the ecumenical nature of the miners life.

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