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- Is that so?

- You ought to hear him testify.

What church you with?

Well, round here there's

the missionary folk... they's

Hardshell Baptists and then

there's the free will folks which is

your Softshell Baptists.

Right now I preach for both.

I'll get it.

Daniel is gonna preach tonight

over at the missionary.

I never was religious myself.

It's Sephus, mama.

Hello, Elma...

Mrs. Knightes

- Hello, Sephus.

I come to have a word

with your new boarder,

if he don't mind.

Excuse me.

Claims he's the fella

the union sent us.

Can you prove it?

Don't take nothing to have

a card printed up.

I guess you'll just have

to trust me.

Who wrote "The Iron Hill"?

Jack London

- Where's Joe Hill buried at?

All over the world.

They scattered his ashes.

Which eye is

Big Bill Hayward missing?

His right one.

- How did Frank Little die?

Butte, Montana. They hung him

from a railroad trestle.

You know your stuff.

I was with the Wobbley's.

- Me too,

back when it meant something.

One big union.

- Not around here buddy.

C.E. Lively...

this is my restaurant.

Fellas are waitin'.

They don't give a damn whether

we live or die

just so long as they get the

coal out of the ground.

They had us pulling pillars and

the roof was working, you know

like it does before it's going

to fall down.

If I say I ain't dying in here

and walk away

they'll put me down in some damn

puddle in a 2 foot seam

and no air to breathe...

a man can't mine coal that way.

They're just pushing us further

than we can go.

- The check wayman he'll take 50

pound off your load for slate

when there ain't a pebble in it.

It's down in the bottom he'll say

where they ain't no looking for it.

Then they raise the prices at

the company store the same god

damn week that they lower the

tonnage rate.

And they still ain't rock dusted

that damn hole.

Who'm I talking about?

- Jesus

I can't hear you!

- Jesus!

I still can't hear you!

- Jesus!!

Jesus Christ our lord!

Do you know His name?

Hallelujah, say yeah!

Have you felt the warming

comfort of His precious love?

Praise Jesus!

Praise His holy name!

Praise His blessed spirit!

Praise His everlasting love!

Jesus Christ our lord!

Listen to me now, listen to me.

The prince of darkness

is upon the lion!

Amen!

Now in the bible his name is

Beelzebub

Lord of the flies.

Right now on earth today

his name is bolshevick

socialist!, communist!, union man!

Lord of untruth, sower of evil

seed, enemy of all that is good

and pure and this creature

walks among us.

What are we gonna do about it?

First thing we got to have is

all of these n*ggers and all

these dagos that come

in here to take our jobs

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