Joe Hill
Monday Open Thread: November 19 is Women's Entrepreneurship Day
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 11/19/2018 - 5:00amNovember 19 is the 323rd day of the year
It is also Sweetmorn, The Aftermath 31, 3184 YOLD (discordian)
And let us not forget 13.0.5.17.19 by the Mayan Long Count
International Workers' Day (non-US)
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Tue, 05/01/2018 - 8:00amSteinem: Hillary Is Too Good To Be President
Submitted by Goin South on Mon, 11/14/2016 - 7:50amGloria Steinem descends from on high to inform us that Hillary was too noble, too principled, too committed to the downtrodden to be elected President:
Hellraisers Journal: “The men that fight and the men that fall are the sons of the working class."
Submitted by JayRaye on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 12:30pmLet the system fall
That covers the earth with dead!
-C. A. Miller
Sunday May 7, 1916
From the International Socialist Review: "Hands 'Round the World"
Hellraisers Journal: Joe Hill and the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906
Submitted by JayRaye on Sun, 04/24/2016 - 12:57pmThen we'll sing one song of the workers' commonwealth,
Full of beauty, full of love and health.
-Joe Hill
Tuesday April 24, 1906
From The San Francisco Call: Fire Boundary Twenty-Six Miles
Hellraisers Journal: Western Federation of Miners & Industrial Workers of the World vs A. F. of L.
Submitted by JayRaye on Tue, 04/19/2016 - 12:30pmwill not go to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones
Thursday April 19, 1906
From the Appeal to Reason: George Shoaf on Idaho Frame-Up, Part II
Hellraisers Journal: Destruction of W. F. of M. Is Purpose of Mine Owners’ Association Conspiracy
Submitted by JayRaye on Mon, 04/18/2016 - 12:58pmwill not go to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones
Wednesday April 18, 1906
From the Appeal to Reason: George Shoaf on Idaho Frame-Up, Part I
Hellraisers Journal: Gaylord Wilshire Calls for General Strike to Free Moyer, Haywood & Pettibone
Submitted by JayRaye on Mon, 04/11/2016 - 12:55pmIf the workers take a notion,
They can stop all speeding trains;
Every ship upon the ocean
They can tie with mighty chains.
-Joe Hill
Wednesday April 11, 1906
Wilshire's Magazine: Editorial Calls for General Strike
Bread & Roses: Protest Songs that parody oppressive religion
Submitted by Gerrit on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 6:30amI 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.