Interview with Dave Cooper, July 7, 2023
Project: Climate Research, Policy, & Activism in Kentucky Oral History Project
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Cooper discusses his career as an anti-Mountain Top Removal activist as the founder of the Mountain Top Removal Roadshow. He also discusses environmentalism and collective organizing in Appalachia and the link between industrial capitalism and global climate change. He also shares his feelings on the difficulties and work involved in activism, and it's application within society.Interview Accession
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Cooper, Dave Interview by Zada Komara. 07 Jul. 2023. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Cooper, D. (2023, July 07). Interview by Z. Komara. Climate Research, Policy, & Activism in Kentucky Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Cooper, Dave, interview by Zada Komara. July 07, 2023, Climate Research, Policy, & Activism in Kentucky Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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