Joe Hill
(1879-1915)

Swedish-American Labor Activist, Songwriter

birthdate: October 7
birthplace: Gävle, Sweden

QUOTES

Don't waste any time in mourning - organize.

If the workers took a notion they could stop all speeding trains; every ship upon the ocean they can tie with mighty chains.

“a pamphlet, no matter how good, is never read more than once. But a song is learned by heart and repeated over and over.”