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Omaha Steve

(103,330 posts) Thu Oct 8, 2015, 10:41 PM Oct 2015

10-7-15 Happy Birthday Joe Hill in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/october-8-happy-birthday-joe-hill/

October 7, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1879. The man who came to be known as Joe Hill was born Joel Emmanuel Hagglund in Gavle, Sweden. Hill traveled the United States organizing for the grassroots labor organization the Industrial Workers of the World.

2:00 minute audio at link.