JOE HILL

[solidaritet2010]

Many THANKS!

[tuomaankuoma1]

long live to Josef Hillströmm

[gilliberable]

Both this and Woody Guthrie's song, Tom Joad, follow the melody of the song, John Hardy.



[mobilechief]

@gilliberable Welcome to folk! 

[amg811]

should be mentioned this is sung to the tune of woody guthrie's Tom Joad

[silverwhistle]

Excellent, but heart-breaking: brave, beautiful Joel. Am pleased to note that recent research (Adler's biography) has pretty much confirmed that this was a hideous miscarriage of justice, and identified the likely culprit.

[RELATEDXXX]

THE PSEUDO CHRISTIANS ARE ON THE HILL ; SO STAND UP AND FIGHT LIKE TRUTH MUST DO TO SURVIVE IN THIS DARK WORLD :

[death9719]

the IWW slogan was abolitionism of capitalism it was a radical syndicalist organization aiming to give workers power over there factories they are heroes we need to fight capitalism communism is a dead end we need syndicalism

[hashachar70]

I heard the Tea Party Mistress saying the minimum wage is getting in the way of employment in this country and needed to be gotten rid of.

They're doing their best to make the US another banana republic.

The time is NOW folks!

[RandallJonesey]

A muscular fellow, a macho and a vetaran of the Spanish-American war.

But might he has been guilty of that murder? I mean, is he a "martyr" or did he turn to criminality that afternoon?

[jrayeyt]

Fantastic! Thank You so much for honoring our Labor Martyr. We Never Forget.

My will is easy to decide, for there is nothing to divide.

 My kin don't need to fuss and moan; moss does not cling to a rolling stone.

My body..oh, if I could choose, I would to ashes it reduce,

And let the merry breezes blow my dust to where some flowers grow.

Perhaps some faded flower then will come to life and bloom again.

This is my last and final will, good luck to all of you, Joe Hill. November 18, 1915

[thenthelightningwill]

Joe Hill is in Wisconsin tonight.

~

[187ichiban]

To Arms against Fascism!  !No Pasaran!

[Ultimatecoffecow]

Actually he is my father's grandfather, grandfather... and so on.

[joe80dman]

@GodlessWhore : Me, a liberal socialist? Hardly. I don't abide by labels. I won't place myself into the boxes they've made for us for ease of classification.

[DadsBlueAngel]

i love my grandpa. b 1885, d.1968.

[msboethius]

If you find yourself on the Left and discontented, maybe the time has come to follow the lead of the Right------ARM YOURSELVES!--------the Right is not the only side that knows what the 2nd Ammendment sez..

[johngalt23g]

I've done some work in Utah from time to time. And whenever we went there, I told my coworkers to make sure if I got killed, that my body can't be found on this barren Utah ground.

God Bless You Phil.

[wildhias]

Tom Joad got out of that old McAlester pen

Was there that he got his parole

After four long years on a man-killin’ charge

Tom Joad came walkin’ down the road, Poor boy

Tom Joad came walkin’ down the road

[cechansler]

the ochs version is think is better

[adelaideonaplane]

i probably know more about britney spears' life than joe hill's

[ssurfcity]

@adelaideonaplane That's how the powers-that-be want it. Not focusing on the important issues but on fluff, filler and garbage. An ignorant society (no offense intended.) where they feed you what they want you to hear, i.e., TMZ and Faux "news". We need to wake up, folks.

[johngalt23g]

@adelaideonaplane That right there is a sad comment on our culture

[Liberaljamoke]

What would Joe Hill say about Arizona's new "let's see your papers" law?

[WorldDebater]

hey love the video i am totaly a supporter of the IWW and Socialism!!!!

Speaking of dying as a rebel i would say

I Rather Be Red then To die being a Capitalist!!!!

Long Live the Revolution!!!!

[daniellaoalsson]

How is Phil Ochs video of Joe Hill not on youtube?

That is a SHAME.

[projektor1954]

5 *****

[abbeItheIman]

tabs anyone, i gues this is banjo, but is there any guitar version.

[cechansler]

@abbeItheIman Yea this is a cover. Phil Ochs wrote the song and it was him on a guitar.

[silharima]

Well done - both the slideshow and the heartfelt performance. Great pickin' too! Five stars for sure.

[PitaLeCatt001]

AMAZING AIN'T It ?

Less and Less information about liberal or left politics via Google.

Try Sacho and Venzetti from Google, then try another Search Engine.

Funny isn't it ?

Time to go underground friends.

[Curas1]

Humm wonder if he got his pie ?

[Tunnelof]

The music is written by Woody Guthrie,(Tom Joad")

[EOsborne318]

The melody is an old Appalachian folk tune called John Hardy that dates back to the 1800's. Both Woody and Phil were taking a cue from Joe Hill by setting revolutionary lyrics to an existing tune.

[TheArtistOfKuroo]

@Tunnelof I believe so, yes, the lyrics are also heavily based on Guthrie's Tom Joad.

[SS5507]

LONG LIVE JOE HILL !!!!!

[LindsayCurran]

Splendid post, supermax! many many thanks First time I ever heard Phil Ochs Joe Hill - excellent pictures! Super job

You've great sense of history!

[Mewhha]

I dag gick jag förbi Joe Hill-gården och tänkte lite extra på dig :-) Det borde finnas fler som dig.

(Today I passed by "the Joe Hill-garden" and thought a bit about you. It'd be more people like you).

[zfh10]

amazingly good, thanks

[Rakeatthegatesofhell]

Joe NEVER died!

[folklore1614]

Great tune....Joe is smiling down on us today no doubt. May he RIP.

[unionguy36]

Thanks to Billy Bragg, and to the late Phil Ochs, our greatest rebel singer/songwriter of the 1960s.

[Diotima012]

He was killed 94 years ago today.

You can still hear him whistling on a tune.

[Rakeatthegatesofhell]

94 years ago, today, Fellow Worker Hill was murdered by the capitalist-owned government of the State of Utah. Still, he lives. join the IWW!

[ninyae]

I live in Australia and our great tragedy is, as it is in any industrialised nation is that there are still more than 10 million people in the grind of daily employment, trying to keep up with the latest consumer comfort. Work for yourself before working for a boss. How do you live a DIY life? Leave your employment and then don't take the dole. Then you have the right conditions for learning how to live!

[Isismusicnow]

His name was Joel Hägglund

[coal4life]

As a union man, I gotta say fuck Utah. The Mormons killed him because he wanted the working man to have his due for the toil he endured making them rich while they struggled to survive.

Joe Hill lives!

[seamoremonster]

Great vid. Thanks for posting. Joe Hill was a REAL American hero. He stood up for the little guy. A man who fought for real equality, equity, justice and what should be "The American Way".

[CJAtlanta2]

I was searching for Joan Baez's song "Joe Hill" and found this. I am glad because I never fully understood the song or who Joe was. Thanks!

[debyok]

A fantastic tribute, thanks for posting.

My late father would often tell us kids of a great man named Joe Hill. . . .having watched this, I can now better understand his life and the struggles of the time.

It took a long time for our country to get an eight hour day as well..

All thanks to those who fought for a better life of . . . .

8 Hrs work - 8 Hrs play - 8 Hrs rest.

[KalleVL]

Bite the fat-cats in the tail!!

A heartfelt growl from an underdog!

[theloteb]

tom joad

[zzwoody1]

Woody's Union Girl, was the one who had Joe Hill's personal papers, at Pete Seeger's Almanac house. Thank-you.

[Rakeatthegatesofhell]

"Judge Morris Ritchie: Bloody Handed Capitalist Tool!" Right on, Comrade!

[Evthedrunk]

nothing ever changes till we start killing them bastards fight the power

[Rakeatthegatesofhell]

Joe Hill, on facing his execution by the USA, Inc. government, for a crime he didn't commit: "Waste no time in mourning. ORGANIZE!" The capitalists hire others to do their bidding and cry and moan when facing justice; the left face the firing squad of injustice with dignity.

[Rakeatthegatesofhell]

Working-class=only class! Employing class is parasitic! Dismantle Capitalism!

[HarvardBoxer]

WORCING-CLASS PRIDE  WORLD WIDE

[PitaLeCatt001]

Thank You !

[Ekhidna33]

Could anybody subtitle for international workers better understanding?

I could translate subtitles to Spanish.

Thanks.

[charliebynumbers]

what the fuck?! i used to listen to this song, when phil ochs sung it. where´s that video now?

[dogofman]

I see that Phil Ochs has become forbidden area on utube.

Pity ´that censuredome spreads around in theese ages.

[wortommy]

never heard this before ! Wow !

[mmmallan]

Joe Hill is a relitive of mine, my grandmother's mother was one of his sisters.

[MrAnders75]

So the banjo got you going hehehe.

Just kidding:) Joe was a true workingclass hero!

[joeybushmen]

And your not famous yet?

[hankstertube]

thank you - carry it on

[Octophetus]

This Phil Ochs song is based on "John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man" by the Carter Family. Give it a listen.

[GoodOldGar]

It seems to be the "J.H" melody - used for John Hardy, John Henry (the steel-driving man), and Joe Hill.

I believe both John Henry and John Hardy was written by Ledbelly. Someone will correct me if I am wrong.

[thenthelightningwill]

And good luck to all of you!

~

[dogofman]

About now might be just the right time...

[einwaz]

My grandfathers brother!

[charliebynumbers]

Yeah, I know, rebels. Can´t stop watching the videos. Another great rebel from Sweden was Stig Dagerman, a syndicalist writer. He also died young.

[charliebynumbers]

Phil Ochs killed himself at same age that Joe Hill died. Think there´s a connection? I´m just a swedish girl, but I love them both.

[Larkin1907]

There's quite a connection. They were both members of the Industrial Workers of the World.

For a world without borders!

[supermax1776]

Rebels, song-writers, Wobblies, and they weren't afraid to die. Two of my greatest heroes...

[chiledoug]

@charliebynumbers phil was a mk ultra ..he was actually a nazi when he died

[spacepatrolman]

@charliebynumbers NO its a coincidence joe hill was executed for murder phil ochs commited suicide because he needed medication

[Tliljegren]

This is cotton for the heart

//swede T

[jackriter]

Workers need no state.

[Ryohazukisama]

im related to Joe Hill :D

[einwaz]

Hey, me to. Swedish perhaps?

[Ryohazukisama]

yes i am =)

[WinrarIsMe]

Whie and black Americans need to realize that we are all one. Stop the slice and dice on the basis of race.

[kilomeister]

@WinrarIsMe after whie america has had more than it's fair share of cherry pite.

[joe80dman]

@WinrarIsMe : Those are nice, Utopian type words, but they're just words. Black on white crime continues to escalate. Whites are gradually becoming extinct. The most logical solution is segregation, and self determination. This way, no one can blame the other for their failures.

[MattShizzle]

@joe80dman

go back to stormfront, asshole.

[joe80dman]

@MattShizzle : Stormfront has nothing to do with it. More Americans are awakening daily to the fact that diversity = divisiveness, and only creates more troubles than otherwise. Who ever came up with the concept of integration, and "diversity"? I suppose whites can't leave California fast enough because of the wonders of diversity. The most successful nations in history have always been monoracial. Facts speak for themselves.

[Rykemasters]

@joe80dman You mean aside from the Roman, Persian, Ottoman, French and British Empires at their apex?

[joe80dman]

@Rykemasters : The Roman Empire crumbled from within, just like America is today, and for the same reasons. The UK is being overrun by 3rd World entrants, and eroding daily. I'm not all that informed about the histories of the Ottoman, Persian, or French.

[SelfHatingWhite]

@joe80dman

if you were maybe you'd understand how powerful the Ottomans were cause of their liberally diverse court also stop for as econd and think that maybe the people the UK oppressed for so many decades felt the same away about their invading british counterparts

Persians were the good guys, Greeks were slave owners

[goran586]

Joe Hill, (Joel Emmanuel Hägglund), born 7 oktober 1879 i Gävle, Sweden. The house where he lived as a child in the old part of Gävle is now museum. I live just a few blocks from there.

[darongibson]

Yep, and I go there every week for my SUF-meetings :P

The working class don't need no state!

[karlkalkon]

Wasen´t he executed for murder in Salt lake city?

[Turkish87]

Yes. read on wikipedia about him.

[oldcountrytunes]

I really like the song.*****.

[crustyblaa]

what about benny hill?murdered by a gang of scantily-clad french maids...lucky bastard

[supermax1776]

Every man has to die. Death by scantily clad French maid don't sound so bad, but dying as a rebel hero sounds better. As Crazy Horse and the Lakota say, "Hoka Hey!", "Today is a good day to die". I did always like Benny Hill... Sooner or later, we'll all be where he is, and where Joe is, too. See ya there!

[OscarLimaMike]

@crustyblaa LOL good one.

[KafkaCrow]

Joe Hill was a pretty cool guy. Murdered by the state; "land of the free"?

PROVE IT!

[hj351]

AMEN!

[chiledoug]

a good doc made by kued the local utah pbs station..dont know how to find it..PEACE

[zsylvana]

Bo Wideberg Swedish filmdirector Made A very good Film about Joe Hills life!Bo Wideberg come from a poor labor family and never forgot his roots.He had an Oscar for the film Elvira Madigan!I recommend the Film! Very good!

[suspect899]

i think bo wildeberg made a film about the big strejking 1931 when the police did shot at the workers

[zsylvana]

Thats right!A Great film about the "Massacre in Ådalen in Sweden 1931"!The Military

massacred Strikin workers that made an peaceful march!Their "Crime was Hunger,never forget them" tompstones!At that time Sweden was near a revolution!One of the Poorest Counties.And have most Strikes in the world!It´s a central moment in Swedens history!AND IT`S SHOWES THAT FIGHT WORKS!After THIS Massacre!THE Corporate Owners were AFRAID And Sweden Slowely Became a relative WELFARE STATE!See the Film!

[goran586]

Joe Hill was born as Joel Emmanuel Hägglund in in my hometown Gävle, a city in the province of Gästrikland, Sweden.

[suspect899]

i can say im proud to be Swedish and im also proud to be Socialist !

[GARYTEXAS]

I'm not sure what your suspected of but god bless ya

[Ninyae1]

Lets commit a truly revolutionary act, leave your employment and then refuse welfare. Then you will find yourself in a position of having to learn how to live. The fact that people are too frightened to do so, is because they believe what they have been told, that outside of their employment they are incapable. Long human history proves otherwise.

[sikmagpie]

Workers of the world awaken

Rise in all your splendid might

Take the wealth that you are making

It belongs to you by right!!Poignant words from a true "working class hero"

[KroekN]

Joe Hill, born Joel Emmanuel Hägglund, and also known as Joseph Hillström (October 7, 1879 -- November 19, 1915) was a Swedish songwriter, labor activist and member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), also known as the Wobblies. He was executed for murder after a controversial trial. After his death, he became the subject of several folk songs

[mightilamb]

same melody as Leadbelly's John Hardy? no?

[elusiverobertdenby]

Yes, but that was Ochs' point. Joe Hill took melodies from popular songs and hymns and rewrote the lyrics (so "The Sweet By and By" became "The Preacher and the Slave"). Ochs did with the John Hardy melody what Joe Hill would have done. Call it a tribute.

[lorenzoferlinghetti]

Phil Ochs?

This sounds like Woody Guthrie's Ballad Tom Joad

[ondraslowik]

I think this sounds like John Hardy because Woody stole the melody from there and Ochs did too.

[petey1892]

Phil's lyrics. The melody is an old one from Leadbelly. Guthrie used it as well.

[darongibson]

Not sure what Hundpiraten is talking 'bout, but Hill's house is here, in Gävle. It's called "Joe Hill-Gården" "The Joe Hill-House"

The syndicalists have their office there.

R.I.P Joel Hägglund/Joel Hillström/Joe Hill

[chrisnstar]

God bless Joe Hill and his comrades

[carrdamu]

I'm really glad you posted this :D I recently wrote a paper on the historical role of American music as a gateway towards a cosmopolitan ideal. I reviewed songs by Joe Hill, the Hutchinson Singers, and songs sung by African slaves. I most enjoyed Hill's songs. He was a brave man and used his art to speak out for the cause of the poor without MTV or a recording contract. He should be taught in all history classes.

"Don't waste time mourning...Organize!

- Joe Hill

[Hundpiraten]

And in his small family house in Örebro is a union hall now :)

Sörj inte, organisera er!

[franklymike]

Excellent Well done

[katastrof]

sverige saknar honom fortfarande

[Ryohazukisama]

My will is easy to decide For there is nothing to divide My kin don't need to fuss and moan "Moss does not cling to a rolling stone." My body? - Oh. - If I could choose I would to ashes it reduce And let the merry breezes blow My dust to where some flowers grow Perhaps some fading flower then Would come to life and bloom again This is my Last and final Will Good Luck to All of you --- Joe Hill

[shudderbug]

Janet Bates's husband, Ken, recites the above "Final Will" at the beginning of the "Joe Hill" song popularized by Joan Baez (and others). The song is available on the CD "The Colours Will Come Back" by Janet Bates and the Instruments of Change. Like much of Janet Bates work, I never get tired of hearing this song, even if I play it over and over. She is truly a talented artist, and she has a voice quite similiar to Joan Baez, in her younger days. Give it a listen. You won't be disappointed.

[bemisuk]

i've had the CD this comes from for years - amazing stuff - 2 of my heroes Billy and Phil singing (or writing) about someone we should all know about!

Classic.

[kungsulo]

Best

[unionmaide]

This is great. Thanks for posting this!

[teenonator]

Very well done....now where's one about the Ludlow, Centralia, and Everett Massacres and the murder of Frank Little in Butte?

[zio5q]

thought his ashes were scatted in different countrys and some got back to his homeland sweden

[reza4]

Don't mourn organize. FIRE !!

[machree01]

Now Thats what i would call a True song. Thanks for posting it.

[fuckweed]

check out luke kelly on joe hill

[Ghouma]

Great song, and nicely edited vid.

[GoodOldGar]

Shall we call this the "J.H." melody? Same tune for John Hardy (Ledbelly) and John Henry. O, well, a good piece of music should be used over and over.

[elusiverobertdenby]

And Guthrie's "Tom Joad," too, though that breaks up the JH theme. :) But it's appropriate Ochs wrote the lyrics to a popular melody. That's just what Joe Hill did.

[westphalianprinz]

Great song! We see Joe Hill all the time!

[willb48]

Said Joe, "What they can never kill/

Went on to organize!"

[russellhoffer]

the state of utah killed joe hill. but he lives today in our hearts

[movegroove]

more love from the alberta wobs! im representing the Red Deer wobblies for the night i suppose! great video!

[Tadano28te]

Thanks for posting this great video.

I learned more about Joe Hill from it.

Greetings to all my brother Wobblies across the world from Leif in the Edmonton, Alberta, Canada branch.

Good Luck to all of you!

[supermax1776]

A real working class hero.

[pbnotts]

An excellent response - like it a lot.

[EricDurland]

Nice Video.

[MrsSuratt]

This is some great singing by Billy, but I miss the Ramblin' Jack flat-picking on Phil's original. Good luck to all of you!