History In Progress
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History is not the study of the past - it’s the study of the present. History is the ongoing development of the world, and we are always in the middle of it.
I’m not a historian. I’m just a guy with a passion for the subject, who knows that the most interesting - and often the most important - parts of history are the parts that don't get taught in schools. In History In Progress, I’ll be looking at the people who shaped the world we live in, but whose stories have been ignored or forgotten - or, sometimes, deliberately suppressed. People like Sid Hatfield, Thomas Sankara, the Chartists and the Red Clydesiders. You’ll find their stories in here, along with others- some you’ve heard before, and some you haven’t; everything from America’s undeclared second civil war, to France’s gulag system, to the dark side of your smart phone. I’ll be aiming to have one episode out every month for a year, then take six months to write and research, then repeat.
Welcome to History In Progress.
I’m not a historian. I’m just a guy with a passion for the subject, who knows that the most interesting - and often the most important - parts of history are the parts that don't get taught in schools. In History In Progress, I’ll be looking at the people who shaped the world we live in, but whose stories have been ignored or forgotten - or, sometimes, deliberately suppressed. People like Sid Hatfield, Thomas Sankara, the Chartists and the Red Clydesiders. You’ll find their stories in here, along with others- some you’ve heard before, and some you haven’t; everything from America’s undeclared second civil war, to France’s gulag system, to the dark side of your smart phone. I’ll be aiming to have one episode out every month for a year, then take six months to write and research, then repeat.
Welcome to History In Progress.
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With Sid Hatfield's murder, the miners of West Virginia were in uproar. It wasn't long before thousands of them were armed and on the march, looking for justice - and revenge.
Two men were born in the Appalachian mountains at the end of the Victorian era, one rich, one poor. One went to college - the other went into the mines. One became sheriff of Logan County, the other became police chief of Matewan. Both would play a key role in America’s undeclared second civil war.References for this episode:Robert ShoganThe Battle of Blair Mountain: The Story of America's Largest Labour Uprisinghttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Battle-Blair-Mountain-Americas-Uprising/dp/0465077730/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=battle+of+blair+mountain&qid=1598334708&sr=8-1Lon SavageThunder in the Mountains: The West Virginia Mine War 1920-1921https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thunder-Mountains-West-Virginia-1920-21-ebook/dp/B00K58ZKG6/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3P0SL0UX4C2YV&dchild=1&keywords=thunder+in+the+mountains&qid=1598334779&sprefix=thunder+in+the+moun%2Caps%2C266&sr=8-4Howard B LeeBloodletting in Appalachia: The Story of West Virginia's Four Major Mine Wars and Other Thrilling Incidents of Its Coalfieldshttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Bloodletting-Appalachia-Virginias-Thrilling-Incidents/dp/0870120417/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=howard+b+lee+bloodletting+in+appalachia&qid=1598334864&sr=8-1Mark Hand"Rape Rooms": How West Virginia Women Paid Off Coal Company Debtshttps://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/02/rape-rooms-how-w-va-women-paid-off-coal-company-debts/I'd also strongly recommend the Working Class History and Behind the Bastards podcasts, both of which have covered the Mine Wars.
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