There are a number of different ways that you can be involved, depending on your interests, skills, level of commitment, etc. We are a grassroots organization, and work in the traditional Appalachian way – with no bosses. Please contact us or become a member if you would like to join one of our current projects. Or, if you have a project / idea that works towards the preservation of Blair Mountain and would like to work together.
Also, please sign these Petitions to Preserve Blair Mountain.
And, donate to Friends of Blair Mountain to help out with legal expenses, advocacy, and research.
And, remember, fill your tank with unionism and step on the gas.
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“The miners army was a singular example of working anarchy, held together for a time by a common drive, a common understanding… The men knew where they wanted to go and how to get there, and they were united in this knowledge….The rest came naturally. They brought guns and food because they needed guns and food; they organized their supplies because supplies moved more quickly that way. No “general” was needed to tell them all this, or that they needed cars, trucks, trains, and guns, or how to get them. By the law of averages and by the varying interests and judgments of miners, hundreds of uncoordinated separate decisions somehow resulted in a collective harmony, a leaderless army that was incredibly efficient” (Savage, Thunder in the Mountains 1990: 136).
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