Mine Wars Forum

This month on Mine Wars Forum we’re joined by Huntington-based artist Sassa Wilkes for a conversation on Appalachian identity, narrative, and the creative process. Sassa is currently in the midst of a collaborative mural project, “SOLIDARITY,” which will feature key figures from the Mine Wars. We tell you how you can join in on the effort! More about Sassa: https://iamsassa.com/Join us for a May Day Redneck Reclamation: https://www.facebook.com/events/1586456905922285Support our work by becoming a Museum Member: ⁠https://wvminewars.org/join⁠Learn more about the Museum: ⁠https://wvminewars.org/⁠

On our maiden voyage of Mine Wars Forum in the podcast sphere, we bring on members of UMWA Local 1440 to talk about the Museum staff’s recent unionization, the past and present state of the coal mining industry, the power of solidarity in unions and how the Museum’s origins date back to a protest to save Blair Mountain. We also discuss the importance of preserving the history of the West Virginia Mine Wars and how the Local has been instrumental in that legacy. Contribute to that legacy yourself by supporting our work and becoming a Museum Member: https://wvminewars.org/joinLearn more about the Museum: https://wvminewars.org/

Mine Wars Forum is brought to you by the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum. It is a grassroots institution that educates and preserves a people's history of the Mine Wars, a bloody effort to unionize the southern coalfields of West Virginia at the turn of the 20th century. The podcast keeps that history and legacy alive with a range of guests who relate to Mine Wars history itself as well as the landscape of modern Appalachia. Subscribe so that you know when our first episode drops later this month!Learn more about the Museum: https://wvminewars.org/Support our work: https://wvminewars.org/joinPrevious seasons: https://www.youtube.com/@wvminewars