Joe Hill
Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World
- Lived
- 1879–1915
- Country
- Sweden
- Also writes as
- Joseph Hillström
Updated September 2026
About Joe Hill
Joe Hill was a Swedish-American labor activist, poet, and songwriter. He worked as an itinerant worker for much of his life, organizing with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), a militant anarcho-syndicalist labor union. His conviction for murder and execution under questionable evidence led to him becoming a folk hero among the American labor and radical movements.
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