Posted On: September 26th 2026, 12:00 pm
This October, Firestorm will be hosting an evening of conversation about resistance and resilience in rural places with three authors: Ian Byers Gamber, Mitch Troutman, and Gordon Simmons! The panel will cover the West Virginia mine wars, historic and recent strikes in the Appalachian region, subsistence in the face of concentrated government repression, how these events have been portrayed historically, and what can be learned from them today.
Register to attend at https://app.hi.events/event/9080/rural-radical-resistance-author-panel (link in bio). Not able to join the event live? Sign up anyway and we'll send you a recording of the conversation to stream at your convenience!
This event is organized in collaboration with PM Press as part of their All We Have Is Each Other Speaker Series.
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Image description 1: A photo of three books nestled in a flowering landscape of Abelia. The titles are Ian Byers Gamber's "I Come Creeping", Mitch Troutman's "The Bootleg Coal Rebellion," and Gordon Simmons' "Mutiny in the Mountains."
Image description 2: A promotional graphic for Rural Radical Resistance, a virtual event hosted by Firestorm Books and PM Press on Saturday, October 10th at 3pm ET. The image features a photo of a rustic fence in the Blue Ridge Mountains.