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Omaha Steve

(99,727 posts) Thu Nov 19, 2015, 09:02 PM Nov 2015

11-19-15 Joe Hill’s Final Words in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/november-19-joe-hills-final-words/

November 19, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1915. On that sad day, Industrial Workers of the World organizer and songwriter, Swedish-born Joe Hill, was executed in Utah. In 1914, Hill was framed for the murder of a grocer and his son in Salt Lake City. The evidence was circumstantial at best.

2:00 minute audio at link.