Pages from New Zealand history: Tracing Joe Hill's Ashes in New Zealand

Presentation on Joe Hill, the IWW and New Zealand's radical labour movement (video).

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'Pages from New Zealand history: Tracing Joe Hill's Ashes in New Zealand' was a talk given as part of a series of lectures on radical New Zealand history. It traces the ashes of Joe Hill — union organiser, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World — to wartime New Zealand, touching on the workers movement in that country, censorship, and the actions of the New Zealand State.

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