Joe Hill still on the road

We continue to post announcements of Joe Hill-related exhibitions and performances to our Events page and our newsletter as we learn of them. A new tour is in the works for 2020, and we hope to post details soon. We encourage anyone organizing such to post the details as a comment or to write us at iwwhlf@gmail.com

May 30, 2020, Live Broadcast

Saturday, May 30, 2020, 8:00 PM Central Time. Live YouTube broadcast of the Joe Hill Roadshow featuring Michael August and Nell Levin. This entertaining multimedia show consists of oral history, live music and over 75 historical images. Followed by a live discussion, based on chat comments, about the relevance of this history to what is going on today. We need a strong labor movement now more than ever! Archived at https://youtu.be/4NfL9QNKmuc

James Connolly centenary

May 2016 marked the centenary of the murder of labor and socialist organizer James Connolly. We offer A Full Life: James Connolly The Irish Rebel, a graphic history of his life and legacy, on our products page.

Gifts for all seasons…

We have a wide array of Joe Hill and labor-oriented material suitable for gifts, including:

Bucky Halker: Anywhere But Utah (Songs of Joe Hill)

A Full Life: James Connolly The Irish Rebel

2020 Solidarity Forever Labor History Calendar

Direct Action Gets the Goods women’s cut T-shirts

Joe Hill centenary T-shirts (S, L, 3XL only)

Fred Alpi singing Joe Hill and other labor songs in French

The Shelby Bottom Duo singing songs of Joe Hill

Joe Hill’s letters and other writings

Carlos Cortez linocut poster, Joe Hill.

the definitive biography of Joe Hill, by William Adler

The 3rd edition of Joyce Kornbluh’s Rebel Voices: An IWW Anthology

and full color Christmas Cards drawn by Joe Hill in his Salt Lake City jail cell

Although the centenary is over, we continue to offer Joe Hill t-shirts (only a few sizes remain), a book of Joe Hill’s collected writings, recordings of his songs by Fred Alpi, the Shelby Bottom Duo, and Bucky Halker, etc., and to add new Joe Hill events to our calendar (and to notify site subscribers) as we learn of them.

San Pedro Joe Hill Memorial

The only public memorial in the United States to this legendary organizer and songwriter was unveiled in January 2017. The 8-foot-wide plaque features Hill holding a guitar, with the IWW’s universal label over his head. His gaze is fixed on a sea of San Pedro workers confronted by policemen, their batons raised. ILWU members, Wobblies and others were present for the unveiling. Joe Hill was secretary of the San Pedro dockworkers’ strike committee, and lived there for several years before the blacklist sent him to Utah.

About this website

November 2015 marked the centenary of the judicial murder of IWW organizer and songwriter Joe Hill. This site features information on Joe Hill’s life, a calendar listing events around the world marking the centenary, the text of all of Joe Hill’s surviving songs (with links to the music and selected performances), and other information. Suggestions for additional material are welcome.

• Chronology of highlights in Joe Hill’s life

• Joe Hill’s poems and songs

• Books, plays and songs about Joe Hill

• A capsule biography of Joe Hill’s life and legacy

• Events commemorating Joe Hill’s life and marking the centenary of his murder

• Publications and other material available for purchase (Watch this space for new recordings, books, and other items)

• Subscribe to our updates for news of the Joe Hill Roadshow, upcoming events, and more. (These can also be found under the Files tab)

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Last Updated: August 2020