Joseph Hillstrom, a young Swedish migrant to America in 1902, found prejudice and corruption instead of the equality and opportunity he was expecting. Disturbed by the injustices suffered by workers, Joe Hillstrom became an organizer of the Industrial Workers of the World, the legendary big union with anarchist reputation.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
507917
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Sweden
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Political corruption
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Prejudices
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Trade-unions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Trade-unions - Officials and employees
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Trade-unions - United States
Feature films → Feature films - Sweden
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Prejudices
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)