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1879–1915 Sweden
Joe Hill (October 7, 1879 – November 19, 1915), born Joel Emmanuel Hägglund, and also known as Joseph Hillström, was a radical songwriter, labor activist and member of the Industrial Workers of the World, also known as the Wobblies. He was executed for murder after a controversial trial.
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Don't waste any time mourning — organize!
I die with a clear conscience, I die fighting, not like a coward.
If the workers took a notion
I'll take the shooting. I'm used to that. I've been shot a few times in the past, and I guess I can stand it, again.
There is pow'r, there is pow'r
There is power in a Union (1913)
Goodbye Bill. I die like a true blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning. Organize.
A pamphlet, no matter how good, is never read more than once, but a song is learned by heart and repeated over and over. And I maintain that if a person can put a few common sense facts into a song and dress them up in a cloak of humor, he will succeed in reaching a great number of workers who are too unintelligent or too indifferent to read.
Workers of the world awaken. Break your chains, demand your rights.
Long-haired preachers come out every night,
The Preacher and the Slave (1911)
Workingmen of all countries, unite,
The Preacher and the Slave (1911)
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