Re: [change-links] "Matewan"
"John A Imani via groups.io" <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Aug 2026 10:15:51 -0700
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--000000000000e355d9065827b2a4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Good comrade, Cannot view today but fully intend to see. Thank you, JAI On Sun, Aug 2, 2026 at 8:06=E2=80=AFPM Peter Rachleff <[email protected]= iseup.net> wrote: > Comrades: > I am struck by Brother Imani's comment that the Matewan story -- and > others -- was unknown to him. I want to offer him, and all of you, this > little video: https://vimeo.com/1047554786 It is hardly on the > artistic scale of "Matewan," but, I would like to think, it is rich in it= s > historical content. I thank my comrade Ben Mchie of the African American > Registry (check them out) for his work as director and videographer. I > also encourage you to explore the East Side Freedom Library in St. Paul, > Minnesota, as a space where labor history is kept alive. > Love and Solidarity, > Peter > > On Sun, Aug 2, 2026 at 1:17=E2=80=AFPM John A Imani via groups.io <johnai= mani3=3D > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Good comrade, >> >> It's sad to say but I had never heard of these incidents. >> >> As a piece of filmmaking, IMO, it is first rate. >> >> But even more than that, the history detailed itself gives the >> possibility of cross-racial, cross-national and, even, cross-political >> cooperation, esp as regards local cop Hatfield's defense of the miners >> against the intrusions of big business. Food for thought. >> >> No. I am not advocating cooperation with the police. I am simply >> bringing up the point that policing forces, esp the state's national >> guards, contain within themselves contradictions that the greater the >> oppression the more likely it is that cracks will develop within the 'bl= ue >> lines'. That oppression will certainly get more so than less until we, = as >> a people, rise up and tell the system to go fck itself and seize control= of >> the state machinery with the express purpose of diminishing, withering, >> abolishing its purpose and its existence. >> >> "Matewan" continues on TCM On Demand until August 8. >> >> JAI >> >> On Sat, Aug 1, 2026 at 11:00=E2=80=AFPM henry duke <henryduke2004@yahoo.= com> >> wrote: >> >>> Oh my gosh, yes, John, this movie is so excellent and uplifting ! >>> Best, >>> henry >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* [email protected] < >>> [email protected]> on behalf of John A Imani < >>> [email protected]> >>> *Sent:* Thursday, July 30, 2026 12:42 PM >>> *To:* dopex-losangeles <[email protected]>; >>> change-links <[email protected]>; [email protected] < >>> [email protected]> >>> *Subject:* [change-links] "Matewan" >>> >>> Comrades, >>> >>> Saw a really interesting (and good) movie on TCM On Demand (available >>> until August 6) . "Matewan" (1987) >>> <https://www.google.com/search?client=3Dfirefox-b-1-d&q=3Dmatewan+massa= cre>. >>> Appalachian coal miners in the 1920s. Bout how black and Italian "dago= s >>> " joined with 'dirt-poor' W Virginian white folks to fight for a union. >>> >>> "Matewan" was written and directed by John Sayles >>> <https://www.google.com/search?client=3Dfirefox-b-1-d&q=3DJohn+Sayles> = (who >>> also was the main producer). Interesting role as 'Few Clothes' is Jame= s >>> Earl Jones. >>> <https://www.google.com/search?client=3Dfirefox-b-1-d&q=3DJames+Earl+Jo= nes.> >>> >>> >>> The movie's like "Harlan County, USA" >>> <https://www.google.com/search?client=3Dfirefox-b-1-d&q=3D%22Harlan+Cou= nty%2C+USA%22> >>> that took place and was made in the 1970s. But while "Harlan" was more >>> documentary-like, this one is dramatic but still showing sht as it was. >>> What was really interesting to me was how the local law enforcement (e= sp >>> in the person on one Sid Hatfield >>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Hatfield>) sided with the miners >>> against the thugs of the Baldwin=E2=80=93Felts guards >>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin%E2%80%93Felts_Detective_Agency>, >>> hired by the mine owners, The Stone Mountain Coal Company. Hatfield (y= es, >>> a descendant of the legendary Hatfield/McCoy feud) >>> <https://www.google.com/search?client=3Dfirefox-b-1-d&q=3D+Hatfield%2FM= cCoy+feud%29> >>> was murdered by the Baldwin-Felts gang in 1921. >>> Battle of Matewan >>> Wikipedia >>> https://en.wikipedia.org =E2=80=BA wiki =E2=80=BA Battle_of_Matewan >>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Matewan> >>> >>> Although the movie is a dramatization it is filled with personages and >>> issues based on history. >>> >>> This is the AI conspectus: >>> >>> The Battle of Matewan (also known as the *Matewan Massacre*) was a >>> shootout in the town of Matewan in Mingo County and the Pocahontas >>> Coalfield mining ... >>> >>> AI Overview >>> >>> People also ask: >>> >>> Is Matewan a true story? >>> >>> Yes, Matewan <https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093509/> is based on a real >>> event, specifically the historic Matewan Massacre (or Battle of Matewan= ) >>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Matewan> that happened on May >>> 19, 1920, in West Virginia. The 1987 film uses real historical figures = like >>> police chief Sid Hatfield and Mayor Cabell Testerman, but it also adds = some >>> fictional characters and subplots to tell the story. >>> Real Historical Facts >>> >>> - *The Shootout:* A deadly gunfight erupted on May 19, 1920, between >>> local town defenders and private agents from the Baldwin-Felts Detec= tive >>> Agency. >>> - *The Cause:* The detectives were evicting striking coal mining >>> families from company-owned houses. >>> - *The Casualties:* Ten men died in the short fight, including *seve= n >>> detective agents (JAI: E.A.)*, two miners, and Mayor Cabell >>> Testerman >>> . >>> >>> >>> - *Real People:* Figures like Police Chief Sid Hatfield and Mayor >>> Testerman were real-life leaders who opposed the detective agency. >>> >>> >>> JAI >>> >>=20 >> >> --- > To unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> > List help: <https://riseup.net/lists> > --=20 JAI -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#42760): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/42760 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/120580569/6024700 -=3D-=3D- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=3D-=3D- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/10173629/6024700/1441833971= /xyzzy [[email protected]] -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D- --000000000000e355d9065827b2a4 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"fon= t-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Good comrade,</div><div class= =3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">= <br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-ser= if;font-size:small">Cannot view today but fully intend to see.</div><div cl= ass=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:smal= l"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-= serif;font-size:small">Thank you,</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style= =3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"= gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">JAI<= /div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D= "ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Aug 2, 2026 at 8:06=E2=80=AFPM Peter Rac= hleff <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">change-links@lis= ts.riseup.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" sty= le=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);paddi= ng-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"font-size:large">Comrades:</div= ><div style=3D"font-size:large">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 I am struck by Brother Imani&= #39;s comment that the Matewan story -- and others -- was unknown to him.= =C2=A0 I want to offer him, and all of you, this little video:=C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://vimeo.com/1047554786" target=3D"_blank">https://vimeo.co= m/1047554786</a>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0It is hardly on the artistic scale of &= quot;Matewan," but, I would like to think, it is rich in its historica= l content.=C2=A0 I thank my comrade Ben Mchie of the African American Regis= try (check them out) for his work as director and videographer.=C2=A0 I als= o encourage you to explore the East Side Freedom Library in St. Paul, Minne= sota, as a space where labor history is kept alive.</div><div style=3D"font= -size:large">Love and Solidarity,</div><div style=3D"font-size:large">Peter= </div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_= attr">On Sun, Aug 2, 2026 at 1:17=E2=80=AFPM John A Imani via <a href=3D"ht= tp://groups.io" target=3D"_blank">groups.io</a> <johnaimani3=3D<a href= =3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&g= t; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0p= x 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div d= ir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"font-family:taho= ma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Good comrade,</div><div style=3D"font-family= :tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:tah= oma,sans-serif;font-size:small">It's sad to say but I had never heard o= f these incidents.</div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-si= ze:small"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:s= mall">As a piece of filmmaking, IMO, it is first rate.=C2=A0=C2=A0</div><di= v style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div st= yle=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">But even more than th= at, the history detailed itself gives the possibility of cross-racial, cros= s-national and, even, cross-political cooperation, esp as regards local cop= Hatfield's defense of the miners against the intrusions of big busines= s.=C2=A0 Food for thought.=C2=A0=C2=A0</div><div style=3D"font-family:tahom= a,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sa= ns-serif;font-size:small">No.=C2=A0 I am not advocating cooperation with th= e police.=C2=A0 I am simply bringing up the point that policing forces, esp= the state's national guards, contain within themselves contradictions = that the greater the oppression the more likely it is that cracks will deve= lop within=C2=A0the 'blue lines'.=C2=A0 That oppression will certai= nly get more so than less until we, as a people, rise up and tell the syste= m to go fck itself and seize control of the state machinery with the expres= s purpose of diminishing, withering, abolishing its purpose and its existen= ce.</div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br><= /div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">"Mat= ewan" continues on TCM On Demand until August 8.</div><div style=3D"fo= nt-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style=3D"font-f= amily:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">JAI</div></div><br><div class=3D"g= mail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 1, 2026 at 11= :00=E2=80=AFPM henry duke <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" ta= rget=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote= class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px so= lid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Cali= bri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Oh my gosh, yes, John, this movie is so excellent and uplifting !</div> <div style=3D"font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Cali= bri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Best,</div> <div style=3D"font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Cali= bri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> henry</div> <div id=3D"m_5770281201641010279m_-7513821320763890127m_7062858103259596381= m_-939826602433242535appendonsend"></div> <hr style=3D"display:inline-block;width:98%"> <div id=3D"m_5770281201641010279m_-7513821320763890127m_7062858103259596381= m_-939826602433242535divRplyFwdMsg" dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"Calibri, sans= -serif" style=3D"font-size:11pt" color=3D"#000000"><b>From:</b> <a href=3D"= mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">change-link= [email protected]</a> <<a href=3D"mailto:change-links-request@l= ists.riseup.net" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a= >> on behalf of John A Imani <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]= seup.net" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>><br> <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 30, 2026 12:42 PM<br> <b>To:</b> dopex-losangeles <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]= seup.net" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>>; chan= ge-links <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_bl= ank">[email protected]</a>>; <a href=3D"mailto:marxmail@grou= ps.io" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a> <<a href=3D"mailto:marxm= [email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>><br> <b>Subject:</b> [change-links] "Matewan"</font> <div>=C2=A0</div> </div> <div> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"> Comrades,</div> <div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"> <br> <div dir=3D"auto"><span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:sm= all">Saw a really interesting (and good) movie on=C2=A0</span>TCM<span styl= e=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"> On Demand (available until August 6)=C2=A0</span>.=C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://www.google.com/sear= ch?client=3Dfirefox-b-1-d&q=3Dmatewan+massacre" target=3D"_blank"> "Matewan" (1987)</a>.=C2=A0=C2=A0 Appalachian coal miners in the = 1920s.=C2=A0 Bout how black and Italian <span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"> "</span>dagos<span style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:sm= all">"</span> joined with 'dirt-poor' W Virginian white folks = to fight for a union.</div> <div dir=3D"auto"><br> </div> <div>"Matewan" was written and directed by <a href=3D"https://www= .google.com/search?client=3Dfirefox-b-1-d&q=3DJohn+Sayles" target=3D"_b= lank"> John Sayles</a> (who also was the main producer).=C2=A0 Interesting role as= 'Few Clothes' is <a href=3D"https://www.google.com/search?client=3Dfirefox-b-1-d&q=3DJam= es+Earl+Jones." target=3D"_blank"> James Earl Jones.</a>=C2=A0</div> <div dir=3D"auto"><br> </div> <div dir=3D"auto">The movie's like <a href=3D"https://www.google.com/se= arch?client=3Dfirefox-b-1-d&q=3D%22Harlan+County%2C+USA%22" target=3D"_= blank"> "Harlan County, USA"</a> that took place and was made in the 1970= s.=C2=A0 But while "Harlan" was more documentary-like, this one i= s dramatic but still showing sht as it was.=C2=A0 =C2=A0What was really int= eresting to me was how the local law enforcement (esp in the=C2=A0 person on one=C2=A0=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Hatfield" t= arget=3D"_blank">Sid Hatfield</a>) sided with the miners against the thugs = of the <a href=3D"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin%E2%80%93Felts_Detective_Ag= ency" target=3D"_blank">Baldwin=E2=80=93Felts guards</a>, hired by the mine= owners, The Stone Mountain Coal Company.=C2=A0 Hatfield (yes, a descendant= of the legendary<a href=3D"https://www.google.com/search?client=3Dfirefox-= b-1-d&q=3D+Hatfield%2FMcCoy+feud%29" target=3D"_blank"> Hatfield/McCoy feud)</a>=C2=A0 was murdered by the Baldwin-Felts gang in 1= 921.</div> <div dir=3D"auto"><span><a href=3D"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_= Matewan" target=3D"_blank"> <h3 id=3D"m_5770281201641010279m_-7513821320763890127m_7062858103259596381m= _-939826602433242535x_gmail-_wp9rao-OBtrPkPIPoMStmQo_62"> Battle of Matewan</h3> <div> 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Link preview. Site: IMDb. Title= : Matewan (1987) - IMDb. URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093509/." targe= t=3D"_blank">Matewan</a></span> is based on a real event, specifically the historic<a href=3D"https://en.w= ikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Matewan" target=3D"_blank"> Matewan Massacre (o= r Battle of Matewan)</a> that happened on May 19, 1920, in West Virginia. T= he 1987 film uses real historical figures like police chief Sid Hatfield and Mayor Cabell Testerman, but it also adds some ficti= onal characters and subplots to tell the story.<span><span><span aria-hidde= n=3D"true">=C2=A0</span></span></span></div> <div role=3D"heading">Real Historical Facts</div> <ul> <div> <li><span><b>The Shootout:</b> A deadly gunfight erupted on May 19, 1920, b= etween local town defenders and private agents from the Baldwin-Felts Detec= tive Agency.</span></li></div> <div> <li><span><b>The Cause:</b> The detectives were evicting striking coal mini= ng families from company-owned houses.</span></li></div> <div> <li><span><b>The Casualties:</b> Ten men died in the short fight, including= </span>=C2=A0<span><b>seven detective agents<span class=3D"gmail_default" s= tyle=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"> (JAI: E.A.)</span><= /b>, two miners, and Mayor Cabell Testerman <div id=3D"m_5770281201641010279m_-7513821320763890127m_7062858103259596381= 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