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Description There is still power in a union and its songs. Walsh's IWW Brass Band waged sonic war with note-for-note parodies of these popular songs in a battle of the bands. These songs helped the "Wobblies" prevail in the infamous Spokane Free Speech Fight of 1910, where protestors battled for the right to organize against bad pay and corrupt bosses. Starvation Army: Band Music No. This collection, performed by the Brass Band of Columbus together with New York Democratic Socialist choir Sing in Solidarity, features songs from the IWW's Little Red Songbook, including those composed by the legendary Joe Hill, a surreal piece by the eclectic classical composer Charles Ives, as well as old Christian hymns paired with satirical lyrics. There is still power in a union and its songs.