Joe Hill

Joe Hill

male, deceased (1915)
death by firearm in the United States, executions by the United States, executed by firing squad, Labor leader, American, activist…industrialworkeroftheworld, Industrial Workers of the World leader
Joe Hill, born Joel Emmanuel Hägglund, and also known as Joseph Hillström was a radical songwriter, labor activist and member of the Industrial Wo...
Dorothy Day

Dorothy Day

female, deceased (1980)
Roman Catholic, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumni, Christian, sexual revolution, industrialworkeroftheworld, Anti-war activist…Recipient of the Thomas Merton Award, Member of the Socialist Party of America, Servant of God, Catholic Worker, Editor of Christian publications
Dorothy Day was an American journalist turned social activist and devout member of the Catholic Church. She became known for her social justice...
John Reed

John Reed

male, deceased (1920)
poet, death by influenza, October Revolution, industrialworkeroftheworld, Marxist journalist, Harvard University alumni…russian revolution of 1917, Ten Days that Shook the World
John "Jack" Silas Reed (October 22, 1887 - October 19, 1920) was an American journalist, poet, and communist activist, famous for his first-hand...
Gary Snyder

Gary Snyder

male, 79 years old
Buddhist, beat poet, industrialworkeroftheworld, poet, environmentalism, travel literature…University of California, Davis faculty, University of California, Davis
Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) is an American poet (originally, often associated with the Beat Generation), essayist, lecturer, and environmental...
Bill Haywood

Bill Haywood

male, deceased (1928)
afl, craft union, Colorado Labor Wars, Labor leader, industrial unionism, direct action…american federation of labor, Socialist Party of America, Labor unions in the United States, industrialworkeroftheworld, Industrial Workers of the World leader
William Dudley Haywood (February 4, 1869-May 18, 1928), better known as Big Bill Haywood, was a prominent figure in the American labor movement....
Lucy Parsons

Lucy Parsons

female, deceased (1942)
Labor leader, industrialworkeroftheworld, knight of labor, revolutionary, Mexican, communist…Confederate States of America, Industrial Workers of the World leader, The Socialist, The Alarm
Lucy Parsons (1853-March 7, 1942) was a radical American labor organizer, anarchist (and later, Communist) and is remembered as a powerful orator....
James Connolly

James Connolly

male, deceased (1916)
Roman Catholic, British Army soldier, industrialworkeroftheworld, Marxist theorist, Marxist, executions by the United Kingdom
James Connolly (June 5, 1868 - May 12, 1916) was an Irish socialist leader. He was born in the Cowgate area of Edinburgh, Scotland, to Irish...
Mother Jones

Mother Jones

female, deceased (1930)
Roman Catholic, activist, Irish-American, Labor leader, Child labor in the United States, labor…industrialworkeroftheworld, Industrial Workers of the World leader, Member of the Socialist Party of America
Mary Harris Jones, better known as Mother Jones, was a prominent American labor and community organizer, and Wobbly.
Daniel de Leon

Daniel de Leon

male, deceased (1914)
Subsistence theory of wages, industrialworkeroftheworld, communist, knight of labor, Marxist, new york state…american federation of labor, Socialist Party of America, the people, State of New York, Industrial Workers of the World leader
Daniel De Leon was a Curaçao-born American socialist and Syndicalism-influenced trade unionist of Jewish origin. He was educated in Germany and t...
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

female, deceased (1964)
writer, chained herself to a lamppost, Free speech fights, Bisexual, Industrial Worker, industrialworkeroftheworld
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964) was born in Concord, New Hampshire on 7 August, 1890. The family moved to New York in 1900 and Flynn was...