{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Kim Kelly: Coal miners are dying, and Trump betrayed them","description":"Since the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump and his acolytes, rightwing media, and coal industry barons and lobbyists have obsessively painted the picture of Trump as a friend to coal miners and the so-called \u201cundisputed champion of beautiful clean coal.\u201d But as labor journalist Kim Kelly reports at In These Times, \u201cthe simpering \u200b\u2019Trump digs coal\u2019 image the administration seeks to project is vastly at odds with the actions it\u2019s taken to limit miner protections, endanger their health, and exacerbate the black lung crisis consuming Central Appalachia.\u201d In this episode of Working People, we speak with Kelly about the Trump administration\u2019s latest betrayal of coal miners and their families and its underreported attack on the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission and abrupt, unprecedented firing of FMSHRC Commissioner Moshe Z. Marvit.&amp;nbsp;  Additional links\/info:&amp;nbsp;  Kim Kelly website, X\/Twitter page, TikTok, Bluesky page, and Instagram Kim Kelly, In These Times, \u201cTrump\u2019s latest target: Coal miners\u2019 safety\u201d Jordan Barab, Confined Space, \u201cFriday night massacre at Mine Safety Review Commission\u201d Kim Kelly, In These Times, \u201cThe Trump administration ramps up its war on coal miners\u201d Kim Kelly, In These Times, \u201cTrump to coal miners: Drop dead\u201d   Featured Music:&amp;nbsp;  Jules Taylor, Working People Theme Song   Credits:&amp;nbsp;  Audio Post-Production: Jules Taylor  ","author_name":"Working People","author_url":"http:\/\/workingpeople.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41362250\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/202154215"}