{"product_id":"song-for-a-hardhit-people-a-memoir-of-antiracist-solidarity-from-a-coal-miners-daughter","title":"Song For A HardHit People: A Memoir Of Antiracist Solidarity From A Coal MinerS Daughter","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn Appalachian OrganizerS Excavation Of The Past, Her Own And Her PeopleS, To Spark A Collective Fight For A Future Where We All Have What We Need And Deservein Song For A HardHit People, Beth Howard Shares Her Story Of Growing Up In Appalachian KentuckyThe Economic Struggles, Trauma, And EverPresent Sexism Along With The Loving Care Of Her CloseKnit Rural Community. These Complex People Shaped HowardS Sense Of Justice And Solidarity, And Taught Her About The Inextricable Bonds WorkingClass People Share, Despite Our Differences. But Her Childhood Also Left Her With Emotional Wounds That Threatened To Destroy The Life She Built For Herself. While Healing Her Wounds Is Deeply Personal, ThereS No Separating It From The People And Place That Made Her.Appalachia Is Often Framed As A Place To Escape From, Where People Are Hateful, Lazy, And Bring Tragedy Upon Themselves. But In Her Quest To Understand Her Home And Her People, Howard Uncovers The Powerful History Of White Appalachians Fighting Alongside Black And Brown People, Pushing Back Against Billionaires Who Gain Power By Using Racism To Divide Them. Appalachia, She Realizes, Has Not Only Been Hit Hard; It Is The Place To Wage A Freedom Struggle.Too Many Of Us Are Denied The Basic Necessities Of Life: Somewhere Decent To Live, Good Food To Eat, Health Care That DoesnT Break The Bank, Jobs That DonT Kill Us. As Howard Reminds Us, We HavenT Got A ChanceUnless We Organize.In The Midst Of Divisive Rhetoric, Violent Repression, And Grifters Writing Elegies, May This Story Be A Song.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47958664184053,"sku":"DADAXB0F1ZBHLVG","price":44.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/71ue3UYa6HL.jpg?v=1775578237","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/song-for-a-hardhit-people-a-memoir-of-antiracist-solidarity-from-a-coal-miners-daughter","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}