[Magdalen] in case you missed it

Jon Egger revegger at gmail.com
Sat Nov 28 20:44:10 UTC 2015


IIRC, Joe's last words were, "Don't mourn, organize!"  (Or what Mother
Jones?)  I've always  liked what she said, "Pray for the dead and fight
like hell for the living."

Grace and peace,
brud

On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Georgia DuBose <gdubose at gmail.com> wrote:

> The reason it got by us is that Mary Sicilia doesn't post here any more.
> She is, among other things, a labor historian, and often reminded us of
> various events connected with labor history.
>
> Georgia+
>
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 8:31 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > There was a milestone recently, and I'm wondering how it got by me!
> >
> > November the nineteenth marks the one hundredth anniversary of the
> > execution/murder/martyrdom of Joe Hill.
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hill
> >
> > In today's world where so many powerful people greedily want to expand
> > their power over all the middle class, it's imperative that we remember
> > such heroes who on the day of decision, ventured much for the liberties
> we
> > today enjoy (for the moment unless we wake up).
> >
> > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> > except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> >
>


More information about the Magdalen mailing list