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Joe Hill executed on this day in 1915.
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On this date in 1915, songwriter, poet, labor activist. and IWW member Joe Hill was executed by firing squad in Utah for the murder of a local butcher. Even before his execution, the Swedish immigrant was widely thought to have been railroaded for his IWW affiliation.
Though state authorities had little use for the worldwide clemency bid whose backers included U.S. President Woodrow Wilson -- powerless to intervene officially, since the execution was a state matter -- Hill walked spryly into his martyrdom.
His dauntless last message to fellow Wobbly Bill Haywood -- "Don't waste any time mourning. Organize." -- is a permanent fixture on pins and placards among every stripe of left activist. The songs he wrote remain in print -- and in performance.
Source: TalkLeft.com
Joe Hill (1879-1915)
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