Rudy
and Annie join Mike Ely, a veteran of the Revolutionary Union and
the wildcat strike movement in the West Virginia coalfields of the
1970s. Drawing from Ely's experiences as a communist in West
Virginia, we discuss the practice of social investigation, the role
of communists in strike struggles, the structural and conjectural
views of revolution and the connection to Alain Badiou, and state
repression of the radical left.
Contact Mike at wildcatincoal@gmail.com