Joe Hill : the iww & the making of a revolutionary workingclass counterculture / Franklin Rosemont.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosemont, Franklin, author.

Series:

Charles H. Kerr library.

The Charles H. Kerr library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hill, Joe, 1879-1915.

Hill, Joe.

Working class--United States.

Working class.

Labor movement--United States.

Labor movement.

United States.

Industrial Workers of the World--History.

Industrial Workers of the World.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (657 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, CA : PM Press, 2015.

Summary:

A monumental work, expansive in scope, covering the life, times, and culture of that most famous of the Wobblies--songwriter, poet, hobo, thinker, humorist, martyr--Joe Hill. It is a journey into the Wobbly culture that made Hill and the capitalist culture that killed him. Many aspects of the life and lore of Joe Hill receive their first and only discussion in IWW historian Franklin Rosemont's opus. In great detail, the issues that Joe Hill raised and grappled with in his life: capitalism, white supremacy, gender, religion, wilderness, law, prison, and industrial unionism are shown in both the context of Hill's life and for their enduring relevance in the century since his death. Collected too is Joe Hill's art, plus scores of other images featuring Hill-inspired art by IWW illustrators from Ralph Chaplin to Carlos Cortez, as well as contributions from many other labor artists. As Rosemont suggests in this remarkable book, Joe Hill never really died. He lives in the minds of young (and old) rebels as long as his songs are sung, his ideas are circulated, and his political descendants keep fighting for a better day. -- taken from back cover.

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Joe Hill's Artwork; A Note on the Notes; Introduction to the 2015 Edition by David Roediger; Introduction: "Troubadour of Discontent" by Franklin Rosemont; I: Joe Hill & His Union; 1. The ABC of the IWW: Revolutionary Industrial Unionism; 2. Conflicting Views of IWW History; 3. The Hobo Contribution to Critical Theory & the Origins of the Wobbly Counterculture; 4. Joe Hill: The Problem of Biography; 5. "Born on a Planet Called the Earth": A Sketch of the Life of a Footloose Wobbly; 6. Ester Dahl: Joe Hill's Sister; II: The Wobbly Bard

1. Songs to Wise Up the Slaves2. A "One Big Union" of Poets; III: A Free-Spirited Internationalist; 1. From Swedish Immigrant to Citizen of the World; 2. "The Pleasure of Fighting Under the Red Flag": Joe Hill & the Mexican Revolution; 3. The Fraser River Strike: The IWW Bard in Canada; 4. More Mysteries of a Hobo's Life: Fellow Worker Hill on the Honolulu Run; 5. "Don't Sing 'My Country 'Tis of Thee'": Joe Hill's Internationalism; IV: A Classic Case of Frame-Up; 1. Why Was Joe Hill Arrested?; 2. Red Scare: Why & How the Police and the Press Stir Up Fear and Hatred

3. Convicting the Innocent, Encouraging the Guilty4. The Mystery Woman; 5. "Do Something to Save the Life of Joe Hill": The Defense Committee Swings into Action; 6. The International Defense; 7. 19 November 1915: A Case of Judicial Murder; 8. Responses to the Execution; 9. Two Funerals, Unending Memorials; V: Joe Hill & The Arts; 1. A Painting by Joe Hill; 2. Joe Hill, IWW Cartoonist; 3. A Class-War Humorist; 4. The Wobbly Art of Parody; 5. Carl Michael Bellman & Joe Hill's Favorite Song; 6. Joe Hill, Composer; 7. Songs, Music & Cartoons: Reflections on Scribbling; 8. Pie in the Sky

9. "I Have Lived Like an Artist"VI: Joe Hill Myths; 1. Superman, Saint & Savior; 2. Remorseless Scoundrel, Devil Incarnate; 3. One Man's Joe Hill Myth: John Maata Retells the Story as He Remembered It; VII: The Iww & The White Problem; 1. One Big Union: A Challenge to White Supremacy; 2. Another Look at "Scissor Bill," or Good Intentions Are Not Enough; 3. Redeeming the Earth from Private Property: The IWW & Native Americans; 4. The Importance of Chinese Cooking in the History of the IWW; 5. In the Abolitionist Tradition: Wobblies Against Whiteness

6. Race, Class & the Titanic: Looking at a Joe Hill Cartoon7. Joe Hill & Ben Fletcher; 8. Toward the New Abolitionism: George Seldes & Ray Sprigle; VIII: Women Wobblies & Wobbly Feminism; 1. Joe Hill, The Rebel Girl, and Rebel Women; 2. The Strange Case of Agnes Thecla Fair; IX: Wobblies Versus "Sky Pilots"; 1. Joe Hill, the IWW & Religion; 2. The Mormon Influence in the Hill Case; 3. Ammon Hennacy & the Salt Lake City Joe Hill House of Hospitality; X: Cops & Wobblies: Law, Crime, Prison & The Struggle for Workingclass Emancipation; 1. How Criminalizing the IWW Helped Gangsterize the U.S.A.

2. Wobblies as Critics of the "Injustice System"

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781629632100

1629632104

9781629632124

1629632120