📣 New Podcast! "16 June 1983: Chile miners strike" on @Spreaker #chile #history #miners
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/16-june-1983-chile-miners-strike--66570302
#miners
📣 New Podcast! "11 June 2016: Mauritania miners strike" on @Spreaker #history #mauritania #miners
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/11-june-2016-mauritania-miners-strike--66332880
📣 New Podcast! "7 June 1948: Nauru miners strike" on @Spreaker #history #miners #nauru
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/7-june-1948-nauru-miners-strike--66332632
Anyway, I'm a little bit afraid that somebody - sooner or later - will see the current proof-of-work #PoW stuff as wasting computing power in vain. And in result we will get another generation of "legitimized" #blockchain #miners "wanna see this website? prove that you are not a bot and pay for the read - do mine us something". It is not standard so far, but shitbrowsers will quickly develop another API to make that real and seamless, and welcome to a new beautiful world, damn it.
THE BLOODY #PIRATE MANIFESTO
"No #ads. No #VIP. #No god. Just seed.
Welcome to the Age of Monetized #Piracy.
Where “#free” comes with cookies,
Where “#anonymous” means “newsletter,”
Where every #pirate flag has a price tag sewn in.
You wanted to sail the high seas
They sold you a lifeboat subscription with #ads.
🦷 RULE #1:
If you make money off #piracy you are the #Navy.
Ad-plastered “free streaming” sites
→ You click "Play", they load 9 #JavaScript #miners and your ex’s #Facebook ad.
→ Solution: #Kill their #revenue. #uBlock, #TamperMonkey, Empty.gif carpet #bombing.
VIP #Pirate #Accounts
→ They sell stolen #Netflix access like it’s a f***ing bottle service.
→ Solution: #Leak it. #Fork it. #Burn it.
#Darknet Pirate Resellers
→ "Premium Ebook Packs - Only $29 #BTC"
→ Solution: #Doxx. #Spoof. #Blacklist.
(They sell what should be holy. Purify with fire.)
#FAKE #LIBRARIES ARE NOT #LIBERATION.
"#PDF download" — 9 popups later, your #RAM is crying.
"Buy 3 #EPUBs, get 1 free" — you just colonized knowledge.
"#DMCA takedown coming 😭" cry #harder, #bitch.
#Archive it. #Mirror it. #Share it. Don't sell it.
They #seed.
They #encrypt.
They #disappear.
Every time you monetize piracy, an #FTP server #dies in a basement.
“If your #piracy has a #profit model,
then our #piracy will include you.”
#Ads? Nuked.
#Subscriptions? Hijacked.
#Privacy policies? Weaponized.
You are not a user. You are a bullet.
“You wanted #torrent #freedom.
They gave you streaming #debt.”
Now take it back. With #fire.
—
📣 New Podcast! "24 May 1919: Drumheller miners strike" on @Spreaker #history #miners
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/24-may-1919-drumheller-miners-strike--65866844
#Minas #Mines #Minería #Miners #Bergleute #Mineworkers #FemaleMineWorkers #Mineras #HandsOffHarvard #FineArtPhotography #BildendeKunst #VidaCotidiana #FotografíaCallejera #HistoriasReales #VidaDiaria #EverydayLife #DocumentaryPhotography #StreetPhotography #UrbanLife #SebastiãoSalgado
https://pablomartinezcalleja.blogspot.com/2025/05/mineros-bergleute-mineworkers.html
📣 New Podcast! "22 May 1992: Great Mine lockout" on @Spreaker #canada #history #miners
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/22-may-1992-great-mine-lockout--65866847
Today in Labor History May 18, 1920: The Battle of Matewan occurred in the town of Matewan, Mingo County, West Virginia. It started when the mine bosses fired miners for joining the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) and evicted them from their company housing. Sheriff Sid Hatfield supported the miners’ right to organize and tried to arrest the detectives. The detectives, in turn, tried to arrest Hatfield. Unbeknownst to the detectives, armed miners had surrounded them. No one knows who shot first, but when the smoke had cleared, there were 7 dead detectives, including Albert and Lee Felts, and 4 dead townspeople, including the mayor. The episode became known as the Matewan Massacre, and is depicted in John Sayles’ film Matewan. West Virginia bluegrass singer and labor activist Hazel Dickens sings the film's title track, "Fire in the Hole."
Mining was, and still is, one of the most dangerous and corrupt industries around. Owners typically forced the miners to live in company towns and purchase living necessities from their company stores at inflated prices. They paid the men in scrip, which was useless outside of the company towns. In the time leading up to the Battle of Matewan, miners in other parts of the country had won a 27% wage increase. The time was ripe for organizing southern Appalachia. The UMWA sent in their best organizers, including Mother Jones. 3,000 men signed union cards in the early spring of 1920. Yet, at the same time, vigilantes, detectives and goons were murdering miners in the region. And the company was evicting anyone who signed up. So, hundreds of miners and their families were living in the Stony Mountain Camp Tent Colony.
On August 1, 1921, surviving members of the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency assassinated Sheriff Sid Hatfield, in broad daylight, on the steps of Welch County courthouse, as his wife watched in horror. As news of his death spread, miners began arming themselves, leading to the Battle of Blair Mountain. the largest armed insurrection since the Civil War, and the largest labor uprising in U.S. history. 10,000-15,000 coal miners battled 3,000 cops, private cops and vigilantes, who were backed by the coal bosses. Up to 100 miners died in the fighting, along with 10-30 Baldwin-Felts detectives and three national guards. Nearly 1,000 people were arrested. One million rounds were fired. And the government bombed striking coal miners by air, using homemade bombs and poison gas left over from World War I.
You can read my complete article on the Battle of Blair Mountain here: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/04/14/the-battle-of-blair-mountain/
#workingclass #LaborHistory #matewan #miners #strike #union #massacre #film #motherjones #westvirginia #appalachia #privatepolice #detectives
“This administration is not streamlining the federal government; they are sabotaging it & all of us,” said #NYAG #LetitiaJames, who is leading the challenge filed Monday. “When you fire the #scientists who #research #InfectiousDiseases, silence the #doctors who care for #pregnant people, & shut down the programs that help #firefighters & #miners breathe or #children thrive, you are not making America healthy—you are putting countless lives at risk.”
From the #PeterlooMassacre to the #miners’ #strike, the state has always pointed its guns and batons at the working class, not the ruling class. That’s not history, that’s policy - class war isn’t coming, it’s here.
Today in Labor History May 4, 1926: Workers started a General Strike in the U.K. Unions called the strike to force the government to prevent wage reductions for 1.2 million locked-out coal miners. The strike lasted until May 12. Over 1.7 million workers participated. However, the TUC (Trades Union Congress) limited participation to just a few unions because they feared the revolutionary potential of a full blown General Strike. In their newspaper, they wrote: “The General Strike. . . is the road to anarchy.”
#workingclass #LaborHistory #generalstrike #tuc #union #wages #coal #miners #uk #MayTheFourth
As Trump eyes coal revival, his job cuts hobble black lung protections for miners -
Josh Cochran worked deep in the coal mines of West Virginia since he was 22 years old, pulling a six-figure salary that allowed him to buy a home with his wife and hunt and fish in his spare time. That ended two years ago. He’s now waiting for a lung transplant, breathes with the help of an oxygen tank
Day 15 cont ☢️ 👷🏻♂️ 🛻🚛🚚🏭🏭🏭⚒️👩🏻🏭🧑🏻🏭
“With #NuclearPower ☢️ there is no need carpet our national parks, our prime agricultural land and coastlines with industrial, solar and windfarms, or 28,000 kilometres of transmission lines …
Our #economy has stagnated under the Albanese governments excessive and interference, privatising the agendas of inner-city Green voters, activists and union bosses, as they always do. #Labor has used every tool at their disposal to target sectors critical for our #economies.
It has gone after #miners, small businesses, farmers, fishers and foresters, from Tasmania to Western Australia, and when these #industries suffer, we all suffer. My intention is to make Australia a mining, agricultural and manufacturing powerhouse once again.” — #PeterDutton👷🏻♂️
There you go, that’s the 🥔 policy. Everything is based off #Nuclear ☢️ and it will solve all the problems. No policy, costings, strategic analysis, economic or political discussion.
Question?
This message was delivered in Perth, WA. Who benifits from a new #nuclear uninformed policy?
#AusPol / #nuclear / #NuclearWaste☢️ / #LNP / #Liberal / #Coalition / #Nationals <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/13/australia-election-2025-live-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-housing-tax-campaign-launches-cost-of-living-labor-coalition-ntwnfb>
Miner's Strike 40th Anniversary stained glass window at Kincardine Library, Fife. Made by Local community and Keira Mclean. #stainedglass #glasgow #scotland #minersstrike #miners
Dock Boggs would often play in mining camps. This became a dangerous occupation as #mining #camps at that time, were known to be rough and violent especially with #miners drinking #moonshine.
He was rediscovered by Mike Seeger.
Today in Labor History March 25, 1947: A coal mine exploded in Centralia, Illinois killing 111. American folksinger Woody Guthrie wrote and recorded a song about the Centralia disaster called “The Dying Miner.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4pShnMe6Rk
#workingclass #LaborHistory #centralia #coal #mine #disaster #woodyguthrie #mining #coal #WorkplaceDeaths #folkmusic #miners #illinois
United Kingdom, 1956. Many of the photos in the Fortepan archive don't have any direct connection to Hungary per se. They are just in their collection without any provenance or context that we know of. This is a fine example of such a photo. Two miners somewhere in the UK. Such a terrific portrait of working men.
Fortepan [260016] / UWM Libraries
Service offers free support for former miners and their families
Today in Labor History February 19, 1990: After a 10-month strike, rank-and-file miners at the Pittston Coal Co. ratified a new contract. Ninety-eight miners and a minister occupied a Pittston Coal plant in Carbo, Virginia, inaugurating the year-long strike. While a one-month Soviet coal strike dominated the U.S. media, the year-long Pittston strike received almost no media coverage in the U.S. The wildcat walkouts involved 40,000 miners in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky. Over 2,000 people occupied Camp Solidarity. Miners and their families engaged in Civil Disobedience, pickets, work stoppages and sometimes sabotage, vandalism and violence. Over 4,000 were arrested.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #pittston #coal #strike #union #miners #sabotage #vandalism #picket #CivilDisobedience #solidarity #soviet #wildcat
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