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5 days ago · Manthan is India’s Matewan, or more than that. Based on a story by Verghese Kurien, the father of the White Revolution in India, the film is a wonderful documentary about farmers, workers, lovers, landlords, and a country struggling with its messy social realities. Manthan (1976) is approaching its 50th anniversary.
4 days ago · "Matewan" (1987), although a dramatized account, depicts the bloody labor dispute in Matewan, West Virginia. The real-life battle between coal miners, the Stone Mountain Coal Company, and the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency is vividly brought to life. More Information
3 days ago · Matewan retrace un authentique épisode des luttes syndicales en Virginie occidentale dans les années 1920. Le film est d’obédience marxiste, et historiquement ancré dans un contexte très précis. Il aborde la question de la violence des usines minières qui ont recours à des mercenaires pour briser les grèves et même assassiner les ...
4 days ago · July 6, 1883: Judge “R.D.” Bailey was born at Baileysville, Wyoming County. Bailey came into wide prominence as the judge of the Matewan Massacre trial in 1921. July 7, 1928: The Madonna of the Trail monument was dedicated in Wheeling. It is one of 12 such statues erected along the National Road to honor America’s pioneering women.
5 days ago · Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage.
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3 days ago · George Floyd protests, May 26 – Following the murder of George Floyd, protests and civil unrest against police brutality and systemic racism began in Minneapolis and quickly spread across the United States and the world, on a scale unseen since the unrest of the summers of 1967 and 1968.
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