Joe Hill

Hellraisers Journal: “The men that fight and the men that fall are the sons of the working class."

Hands 'round the world!
Let the system fall
That covers the earth with dead!
-C. A. Miller
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Sunday May 7, 1916
From the International Socialist Review: "Hands 'Round the World"

Robert Minor, Hands Round World, ISR, May 1916.png

Hellraisers Journal: Joe Hill and the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906

Organize! Oh, toilers, come organize your might;
Then we'll sing one song of the workers' commonwealth,
Full of beauty, full of love and health.
-Joe Hill
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Tuesday April 24, 1906
From The San Francisco Call: Fire Boundary Twenty-Six Miles

San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, Fire Boundary, SF Call, Apr 23, 1906.png

Hellraisers Journal: Western Federation of Miners & Industrial Workers of the World vs A. F. of L.

There are no limits to which powers of privilege
will not go to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones
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Thursday April 19, 1906
From the Appeal to Reason: George Shoaf on Idaho Frame-Up, Part II

Haywood, Moyer, Shoaf, AtR, Apr 14, 1906.png

Hellraisers Journal: Destruction of W. F. of M. Is Purpose of Mine Owners’ Association Conspiracy

There are no limits to which powers of privilege
will not go to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones
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Wednesday April 18, 1906
From the Appeal to Reason: George Shoaf on Idaho Frame-Up, Part I

Haywood, Moyer, Shoaf, AtR, Apr 14, 1906.png

Hellraisers Journal: Gaylord Wilshire Calls for General Strike to Free Moyer, Haywood & Pettibone


If the workers take a notion,
They can stop all speeding trains;
Every ship upon the ocean
They can tie with mighty chains.
-Joe Hill
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Wednesday April 11, 1906
Wilshire's Magazine: Editorial Calls for General Strike

Moyer and Haywood, Wilshire's Magazine, 1906.png

Bread & Roses: Protest Songs that parody oppressive religion

I so enjoyed the comments and great music that c99 folks posted on last weekend's Bread and Roses article. This weekend, let's have some fun with religion parody songs. It's been a helluva week and we could use a bit of a giggle. First off, Phil Ochs' classic definition of protest music. See below.

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