This podcast discusses the history of Chinese immigrants in the Pacific Northwest and how they were initially tolerated, but eventually faced discrimination due to rising tensions over job competition. The growth of the lumber industry contributed to this change.
The speaker shares their idea of mixing their personal experience of vulnerability in a small group during a trip with the human endeavor of surviving and making a society in historical contexts. The speaker also touches on the oppression of colonial governments and small communities towards individuals.
Volunteers working with shepherds manage to rescue people in an Afghan airfield. They receive help from Jesse and John from the 82nd Airborne and Zach Greenberet, a former Greenberet turned Syracuse inner city school teacher.
The lack of solidarity between poor black and poor white people has an obvious reason - the history of poor white people oppressing black people. The government, serving the interests of wealthy mine owners, suppressed the strike of poor workers, both black and white.
The Battle of Blair Mountain was the largest labor uprising in US history, where a group of West Virginia coal miners fought against the exploitation and oppression of mining companies. This violent conflict shows the power of collective action and the importance of fighting for workers’ rights.