“1915” is the third song on Anti-Flag’s The General Strike

The song is about a musician named Joe Hill, Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World. He wrote many songs and poems, many of which were published in the IWW’s Little Red Songbook.

The song uses many of Joe Hill’s words, and also describes his execution in 1915 for the alleged murder of two shopkeepers.