Kim Kelly at the Read Spotted Newt

221 Memorial Drive,Hazard KY 41701

19 October, 2022

Description

Join WMMT and the Read Spotted Newt for an enlightening discussion with independent journalist and Teen Vogue labor columnist Kim Kelly. WMMT in-house reporter Katie Myers will moderate a conversation about Kim’s new book Fight Like Hell, a book about the untold stories of the labor movements that brought us our rights in the workplace. We invite you to join us on October 19th from 6-8pm, at the Read Spotted Newt bookstore in Hazard, Kentucky. This event is brought to you by WMMT 88.7 FM & The Read Spotted Newt and is free to attend, however we encourage donations. All proceeds will go to EKY Mutual Aid. About the book Fight Like Hell is a new history of the American labor movement. In this assiduously researched work of journalism, Teen Vogue columnist and independent labor reporter Kim Kelly excavates that history and shows how the rights the American worker has today—the forty-hour workweek, workplace-safety standards, restrictions on child labor, protection from harassment and discrimination on the job—were earned with literal blood, sweat, and tears. Fight Like Hell comes at a time of economic reckoning in America. From Amazon’s warehouses to Starbucks cafes, Appalachian coal mines to the sex workers of Portland’s Stripper Strike, interest in organized labor is at a fever pitch not seen since the early 1960s. Inspirational, intersectional, and full of crucial lessons from the past, Fight Like Hell shows what is possible when the working class demands the dignity it has always deserved. About the author Kim Kelly is an independent journalist, author, and organizer. Her writing on labor, class, politics, and culture has appeared in "Teen Vogue" (where she authors a regular column on labor), "The New Republic," "The Washington Post," "The New York Times," and other publications. Previously she was the heavy metal editor at VICE’s Noisey, and a leader in the VICE Union. Kelly has brought significant attention over the past year to coal miners’ issues through her coverage of the ongoing Warrior Met Coal strike, black lung, and the hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain. “Kelly unearths the stories of the people—farm laborers, domestic workers, factory employees—behind some of the labor movement’s biggest successes.” —The New York Times