This is a guest post by Western Dave. I want to thank Erik and the other front-pagers for giving me the chance to spread the word about yet another outrage that is occurring and requires action. Like many of us in the current crisis, my...
mining
On August 16, 2012, the South African Police Service killed 34 striking platinum miners. The Marikana Massacre was the most lethal use of force against civilians by the South African.
This is the mass grave of the dead from the Speculator Mine Fire of 1917, men blown to such bits and burned to such a crisp that they could not.
This is the grave of Nathaniel Hill. Born in 1832 in Montgomery, New York, Hill grew up on a farm, but pretty well off. His older brother went to Yale, but Nathaniel had to settle for Brown. The horror. He graduated from there in 1856...
This is the grave of Horace and Baby Doe Tabor. Born in 1830 in Holland, Vermont, Tabor grew up on the family farm up near the Canadian border. At the.
On November 4, 1942, copper miners in Butte, Montana went on strike to protest the use of Black miners on the job. One of far too many hate strikes during.
This is the grave of Charles Senter. There's not that much out there really on this guy, but one can extrapolate a few things. He was born in 1845 was in the Navy during the Civil War, on the good side. Eventually he went West...
On July 10, 1902, the Rolling Mill Mine in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, exploded due to a rise in firedamp, which is a rise in methane to dangerous levels. 112 miners.
On February 16, 1931, the Harlan County Coal Operators' Association reduced wages for miners in that part of eastern Kentucky by 10 percent. In response, the United Mine Workers of.
Too often, we hear something like "Either the climate is a crisis or it's not a crisis and if it's a crisis, then we have to plow ahead with a radical transformation without worrying too much about the costs." I don't entirely disagree with the...
Rare earths are central to the development of cleaner technologies that don't destroy the livable climate. But there are still massive externalities to these mining operations. Who should pay the.
On December 28, 1921, the Rand Rebellion in South Africa began with a strike of white miners. Soon, it would develop into a general rebellion of workers against the state,.