So Much to Be Angry about: Appalachian Movement Press and Radical DIY Publishing, 1969-1979 by Shaun Slifer.

Apparently, in this title, DIY means “do it yourself.” I don’t think that’s very appropriate there, BUT, I like pretty much everything else about this book. I even approve of the ways that author Slifer mentions and quotes me on eight pages of the book. The Appalachian Movement Press was a collective that printed pamphlets that advanced the social movements of the southern mountain region in the 1970s. It was a crucial part of the infrastructure that supported social action during that decade when Appalachian activists arguably accomplished as much or more than any other group of predominantly European Americans from any American region have accomplished since the Civil War. In 1972, Arnold Miller was elected the President of the United Mine Workers in a reform campaign whose courage was evident from the fact that the incumbent he was running against was later convicted of hiring the murder of his previous opponent along with the opponent’s wife and daughter. Of Miller’s running mates