The origins of "redneck" is really interesting and intentionally lost to time. May Day and Labour Day origins are also not properly promoted either. The powers that be want you to forget our activist history.

Redneckonomics is the name of a progressive YouTube channel and she explains the lost "redneck" origins, from 22m11s to 29m11s, in a brief summary of the PBS 3hr documentary on Coal Mining - in "All Green New Deals Are Not Created Equal" by Redneckonomics (2018-12-13) - An authentic progressive channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvPdcgyUqag YouTube, posted: /s/Socialism/comments/cy7/redneck_lost_origins_of_the_term_explained_22m11s/

Talk about synchronicity, in today's Tin Foil Hat podcast episode, Ryan Dawson explains the origins of "Rednecks" too, from 57:50 to 1:07:50, posted: "Tin Foil Hat With Sam Tripoli #164: The Birth Of ISIS with Ryan Dawson" by Sam Tripoli (2019-02-13) /s/TinFoilHat/comments/cz7/tin_foil_hat_with_sam_tripoli_164_the_birth_of/

• https://duckduckgo.com/?q=PBS+Documentary+Coal+Miners

• PBS American Experience : The Mine Wars (2016-01-26) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/theminewars/

• PBS American Experience S28E02 : The Mine Wars (2016-01-26) https://www.pbs.org/video/american-experience-mine-wars/ NOT AVAILABLE IN OUTSIDE THE USA

• https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Mine+Wars (& Rednecks)

• https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Battle+of+Matewan

• https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Coal+Miners'+Bitter+Battle+for+Dignity

• PBS America Revealed : Coal : Clip : Episode 3 (2012-04-25) https://www.pbs.org/video/america-revealed-coal/

• PBS Frontline : Betting on Trump: Coal (2017-02-15) https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/betting-on-trump-coal/

• PBS Frontline S37E06 Coal's Deadly Dust (2019-01-22) https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/coals-deadly-dust/

  "FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the rise of severe black lung disease among coal miners, and the failure to respond. This joint investigation reveals the biggest disease clusters ever documented, and how the industry and the government failed to protect miners. Also in this two-part hour, FRONTLINE presents a report from Yemen."

• PBS Frontline : Fatal Disease Outbreak Among Miners Spurs House Hearings On Coal Mine Dust (2018-12-18) https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/fatal-disease-outbreak-among-miners-spurs-house-hearings-on-coal-mine-dust/

• Video unavailable "Documentary 2016 The Coal Miners' Bitter Battle for Dignity" is no longer available due to a copyright claim by WGBH Educational. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNgUTrD31_U