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13: The Execution of Joe Hill

September 1, 2016 Matthew Billy

In 1915, Joe Hill, a Swedish-American labor activist, was unjustly convicted and executed by the State of Utah, but not before leaving behind a body of work that would inform the next generation of American folk music. Listen as we discuss the Industrial Workers of the World's most prolific songwriter with William Adler author of the Joe Hill Biography titled, "The Man Who Never Died," and Clayton Simms, a criminal defense attorney working to get Joe Hill exonerated more than a century later. Please sign the petition to exonerate Joe Hill. 

Tags Industrial Workers of the World, IWW, Wobblies, Joseph Hillstrom
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