Ed Miliband, the politician, included The Ballad of Joe Hill as one of the eight records he would take to his desert island.
Joe Hill was born in Gavle, Sweden. As a political activist in the USA he challenged the working conditions of emigrant and itinerant workers, stressing the need to organise to improve conditions for working people.
I remember seeing the film, in Swedish, with Bror and Margareta Berghall during the time that I lived in Vimmerby.
Paul Robeson's rendering is much admired.
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