#OtD 7 Oct 1879 Joe Hill, songwriter and Industrial Workers of the World ( @iww) revolutionary union martyr, was born in Sweden. He wrote such working-class anthems as 'The Preacher and the Slave', and was executed in the US. Learn more in this book: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/books/products/joe-hill-the-iww-the-making-of-a-revolutionary-workingclass-counterculture