• jupyter_rain@discuss.tchncs.de
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    12 days ago

    Chilling. Imagine being a miner and having death as a reasonable danger at work. Going down into the mine every day, being afraid of being crushed, suffocating, drowning, exploding and seeking music as a form of relief, especially this song. IT really shows the importance or unions.

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      It’s why they weren’t afraid to go to open war with mine owners and the US government, who bombed them in the first use of aircraft to bomb “combatants” by the US military