Ballad of Joe Hill

Sweden and United States, 1971

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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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