VLVL2 (Chapter 6) - part 5

[Richard Romeo]

I believe Slab in V. is associated with Joe Hill
(among others) in helping rally the WSC into donating
funds for Esther's abortion in Cuba.

Rich


--- Otto <ottosell at yahoo.de> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Weaver" <mikeweaver at gn.apc.org>
> To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 9:20 PM
> Subject: VLVL2 (Chapter 6) - part 5
> >
> > 76.17 "Joe Hill" (1882 - 1915) was a Swedish
> emigrant who arrived in the
> US
> > in 1901, and fought in the Mexican revolution
> before becoming an IWW
> > organizer in California in 1912. A songwriter as
> well as a soldier of
> > fortune, he is credited as the author of many
> labor union songs, including
> > Casey Jones (The Union Scab), The Preacher and the
> Slave, Rebel Girl, and
> > many others. In 1915, Hill was framed on a murder
> charge, and executed by
> > firing squad, in Utah. Whether in spite of, or
> because of, his murder, he
> > went on to become a legendary labor hero,
> inspiring countless thousands of
> > working men and women. Hill's life fully justifies
> his legend. (BoW)
> >
> 
> Joe Hill - The Man behind the Martyr
> http://www.pbs.org/joehill/story/index.html
> 
> And who doesn't remember Joan Baez singing "Joe
> Hill" at the Woodstock
> Festival:
> 
> I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night,
> alive as you and me.
> Says I "But Joe, you're ten years dead"
> "I never died" said he,
> "I never died" said he.
> 
> "The Copper Bosses killed you Joe,
> they shot you Joe" says I.
> "Takes more than guns to kill a man"
> Says Joe "I didn't die"
> Says Joe "I didn't die"
> 
> And standing there as big as life
> and smiling with his eyes.
> Says Joe "What they can never kill
> went on to organize,
> went on to organize"
> 
> From San Diego up to Maine,
> in every mine and mill,
> where working-men defend there rights,
> it's there you find Joe Hill,
> it's there you find Joe Hill!
> 
> I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night,
> alive as you and me.
> Says I "But Joe, you're ten years dead"
> "I never died" said he,
> "I never died" said he.
> http://www.franksgedanken.de/lyrics/003/003748.html
> 
> Paul Robeson and Pete Seeger often performed this
> song and are associated
> with it. But the best known performance and
> recording of "Joe Hill" was done
> by Joan Baez at Woodstock in 1969.
> http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hill
> 
> sound sample.
> http://mp3.rin.ru/eng/song/127612/
> 
> Phil Ochs mp3:
> live in Montreal, 22 October 1966
> http://hillstrom.iww.org/joehill.html
> 
> 
> 


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