![]() ![]() In an effort to set the record straight, Giardina has turned to fiction- where, paradoxically, the reader may often find more "truth" than in nonfiction. what concerns me more than one distorted television show is the lack of general support for labor from writers, artists, journalists, progressives, liberals, populists, whatever they are called these days. And I have been arrested twice in southwestern Virginia during the last two months for sitting in front of coal trucks crossing the picket line. I have researched the history of the coalfields and published a novel based upon that history. I watched with interest because I grew up in a West Virginia coal camp. ![]() the Orwellian distortion of reality on my own TV screen. In an article she published in the North Carolina Independent during the Pittston strike, Giardina bemoaned the lack of adequate coverage from national media: Two weeks ago, when the CBS News program 48 Hours covered a coal strike in the Appalachian mountains, it was like a kick in the stomach to encounter. ![]() Denise Giardina has always been personally, passionately involved in the history of the coalfields and the labor movement. ![]() NEW APPALACHIAN BOOKS Opinions and Reviews Denise Giardina. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: ![]()
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