abstract:Joe Hill is a 1971 biopic about Swedish-American labor activist Joe Hill, born Joel Emanuel Hägglund in Gävle, Sweden. It was directed by Bo Widerberg and depicts Hill's involvement with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) union, and his trial for murder during which he defends himself.
Joe Hill joined the Industrial Workers of the World, known as the Wobblies.
VOA: special.2010.09.06
(JOAN BAEZ - "JOE HILL") On the second day,Saturday, more people arrived.
VOA: special.2009.08.10
In Joe Hill's version, Casey Jones is no hero.
VOA: special.2009.09.07
"Every day that this goes on, the liabilities associated with this grow, " said JoeHill, an analyst with Tudor Pickering Holt, a Houston research firm.
Vice President Joe Biden visited Capitol Hill's most hostile quarter the House Democratic Caucus where senior members have strongly objected to provisions in the tax package benefiting upper income taxpayers.
Anyone who recoiled at the violence of the film, memorably demonstrated by Oscar-winner Joe Pesci, would have considered Hill's decision to stick his head above the parapet of anonymity as suicidal, but events this week suggest the biggest threat to himself came from within.