Joe Hill killed by US GOV
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Hill, Joe (1879 - 1915)
Joel Hägglund from Gävle emigrated to the United States, where he joined the trade union movement. He wrote songs under the name "Joe Hill", which immediately became popular.
In 1914, Joe Hill was charged with the murder of a former police officer
Hill refused and the lawsuit had a huge impact in the press. The US president and famous cultural figures demanded a new trial. Hill was eventually sentenced to death. By the time Joe Hill was executed on November 19, 1915, he had already reached iconic status. He was seen as a martyr by the labor movement.
He was a Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World. A native Swedish speaker, he learned English during the early 1900s, while working various jobs from New York to San Francisco. Hill, an immigrant worker frequently facing unemployment and underemployment, became a popular songwriter and cartoonist for the union. His most famous songs include "The Preacher and the Slave" (in which he coined the phrase "pie in the sky), songs, The Tramp, There Is Power in a Union, The Rebel Girl, and "Casey Jones—the Union Scab", which express the harsh and combative life of itinerant workers, and call for workers to organize their efforts to improve working conditions.
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Joel Hägglund from Gävle emigrated to the United States, where he joined the trade union movement. He wrote songs under the name "Joe Hill", which immediately became popular.
In 1914, Joe Hill was charged with the murder of a former police officer
Hill refused and the lawsuit had a huge impact in the press. The US president and famous cultural figures demanded a new trial. Hill was eventually sentenced to death. By the time Joe Hill was executed on November 19, 1915, he had already reached iconic status. He was seen as a martyr by the labor movement.
He was a Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World. A native Swedish speaker, he learned English during the early 1900s, while working various jobs from New York to San Francisco. Hill, an immigrant worker frequently facing unemployment and underemployment, became a popular songwriter and cartoonist for the union. His most famous songs include "The Preacher and the Slave" (in which he coined the phrase "pie in the sky), songs, The Tramp, There Is Power in a Union, The Rebel Girl, and "Casey Jones—the Union Scab", which express the harsh and combative life of itinerant workers, and call for workers to organize their efforts to improve working conditions.
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