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This documentary has the ability to restore access to history that has not been easily accessible to most fellow Americans and that needs to be reviewed. The history of the coal mining industry certainly provides context to many everyday issues facing ordinary citizens in every industry not just here in the US but worldwide. It shows how battle lines are created so we go against our fellow citizen, not just here in the US but with other ordinary citizens in other countries. It exposes how agreements (trade, policy, health care etc.) that are signed by most politicians are just enhancing divisiveness among fellow citizens. If you are politically astute it also explains mot just why and how Donald Trump got elected but for that matter how many politicians get elected.
- Marynewcomb2013
- Aug 22, 2018
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8/23/17. With the push by this current administration to provide jobs for coal miners, maybe they should take some time to watch this and learn about the problems coal miners are facing. It is not a glamorous job, and for sure a dangerous job that endanger the health of those who does this for a living. These miners need to be retrained to do something else. Coal use destroys the environment, polluting the air. Even when they know their health problems are related to what they do for a living, they are resistant to change. Things have to change, and continued mining is not the solution for providing a livelihood for coal miners. There are cleaner energy alternatives that should be explored as a way to transition these workers into jobs that will protect the environment and the health of the workers.
- bettycjung
- Aug 27, 2017
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