48 THRILLS returns!!!!

June 2, 2023 - Twilight Cafe & Bar PDX

#pdxpunk #punkpdx #punkrock #punk #48thrills #mylifeinblackandwhite #thewobblies #montyvegaandthesittingshivas

#introduction I’m a Helsinki-based rapper, dj, author, activist and father of two. 20+ years in the music business. About to release a new album in the spring of 2023 . My interests include #music #hiphop #rap #folkmusic #jazz #reggae #punk #drumnbass #jungle #ninjatune #dj #deejaying #soundsystem #activism #HumanRights #artivism #art #graffiti #streetart #industrialworkersoftheworld #iww #thewobblies #literature #nutrition

On a related note, does anybody wanna borrow my copy of #TheWobblies by #PatrickRenshaw? I will ship it to you, you keep it as long as you need, and ship it back to me. Continental “US” only.

I’ve finished #TheWobblies (minus the afterword) and it strikes me as quite tragic, the way that the original IWW fell to pieces. A lot of it, of course, was based on personal feelings; that’s impossible to avoid in any organization, but the interpersonal problems in the 20s were exacerbated by jail sentences, communist and soviet sym/antipathiea, and the ever-present tug-of-war between the centralizers and decentralizers. But more than that... (1/3)

Joe Hill, Frank Little, and Wesley Everest were three activists for the #IWW in the 1900s and 1910s, and were killed for attempting to organize the working class. Hill was executed by the state of Utah under a deeply suspicious murder conviction; Little and Everest were killed by mobs, instigated by bosses and government officials. Their killers were never punished.

“Don’t waste time mourning. Organize.”

Photos from #TheWobblies by #PatrickRenshaw.

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