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Barkley L. Thomas Jr., a carpenter for the Baltimore Housing Authority who spent decades volunteering with Narcotics Anonymous, has died at 58.
United Mine Workers of America members are fighting for better wages and benefits and have filed unfair labor practice charges against Warrior Met Coal
Drive-By Trucker Mike Cooley, Lee Bains to rock for Alabama coal miners AL.com 2 hrs ago Matt Wake, al.com © awrence Specker | LSpecker@AL.co/awrence Specker | LSpecker@AL.co Patterson Hood, left, and Mike Cooley of the Drive-By Truckers perform in September 2019 at Soul Kitchen in Mobile. Alabama Strike Fest sounds like the name of a bowling festival but it’s not. The event is actually a fundraiser for coal miners striking against Warrior Met Coal. Some of Alabama’s most politically-minded rockers are headlining the show: Drive By Truckers singer/guitarist Mike Coole...
Local musicians, comedians and business owners are coordinating a benefit concert and comedy show to support the United Mine Workers of America. Alabama Strike-Fest will take place Saturday, May 22 at noon. The benefit will feature both musical and comedic artists such as Mike Cooley, Lee Bains + The Glory Fires, Drew Morgan and DJ Lewis. Food will be provided by The Alabama AFL-CIO’s BBQ Pitmasters Chili Cookers. The strike has been going on since the beginning of April when Warrior Met Coal workers ceased production due to unfair working conditions. Warrior Met Coal proposed a new contr...
Red Metropolis: Socialism and the Government of London by Owen Hatherley Repeater Books, 2020, 266 pp. Few tourists strolling the south bank of the Thames in London realize that they are going through a carefully constructed showcase for what Owen Hatherley describes in his new book, Red Metropolis: the structures and programs put in place when the political left ran Great Britainâs largest city. On one end of the procession sits County Hall, the massive, longtime home of the London city government, until the national government eliminated home rule and sold off the building. At the oth...