LABOR VIDEO OF THE WEEK - Canton 1918
Harold Phillips | Published on 4/10/2026
Performed by Greg Artzner and Terry Leonino, the duo known as Magpie.
The song chronicles the famous anti-war speech delivered by Eugene V. Debs in Canton, Ohio, on June 16, 1918. Featured on their 2017 album When We Stand Together, the song honors Debs' protest against WWI, which led to his imprisonment.
Video by Saul Schniderman, LHF Board Chair.
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