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Eugene V. Debs
Eugene Victor "Gene" Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American union leader, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies), and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. Through his presidential candidacies, as well as his work with labor movements, Debs eventually became one of the best-known socialists living in the United States.
Early in his political career, Debs was a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected as a Democrat to the Indiana General Assembly in 1884. After working with several smaller unions, including the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, Debs was instrumental in the founding of the American Railway Union (ARU), one of the nation's first industrial unions. After workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company organized a wildcat strike over pay cuts in the summer of 1894, Debs signed many into the ARU. He called a boycott of the ARU against handling trains with Pullman cars, in what became the nationwide Pullman Strike, affecting most lines west of Detroit, and more than 250,000 workers in 27 states. To keep the mail running, President Grover Cleveland used the United States Army to break the strike. As a leader of the ARU, Debs was convicted of federal charges for defying a court injunction against the strike and served six months in prison.
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Eugene Debs Was an American Hero
Eugene Debs was America's greatest socialist, Bernie Sanders' political hero, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and five time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. He should be remembered as an American hero. Read Shawn's article on this: https://jacobinmag.com/2020/09/eugene-debs-democracy-antiwar-canton Subscribe to the channel and press the like button! Subscribe to Jacobin for just $10: https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe/?code=JACOBINYT
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The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs - Extended Trailer
Alternately loved and reviled, Eugene Victor Debs was a passionate labor leader, a progressive political figure, and a formidable speaker in a time of great change in the United States. The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs is narrated by actor Danny Glover and will make its television premiere on WFYI Thursday, October 3.
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Going to Prison For Criticizing the Government | Debs v. United States
I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy today! http://amzn.to/45Wzhur Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 13 of Supreme Court Briefs, Eugene Debs gives a speech criticizing war and praising socialism. He promptly gets arrested for breaking the Sedition Act, and spends the next several years fighting for his freedom. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/249us211 Additional sources: "A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn http://www.encyclopedia.com/politics/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/debs-v-united-states-249-us-211-1919 http://uscivilliberties.org/cases/3678-debs-v-united...
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The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs - Trailer
Alternately loved and reviled, Eugene Victor Debs was a passionate labor leader, a progressive political figure, and a formidable speaker in a time of great change in the United States. The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs is narrated by actor Danny Glover and will make its television premiere on WFYI Thursday, October 3.
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THE REVOLUTIONIST: FILM & DISCUSSION (7:30PM ET)
THE REVOLUTIONIST, EUGENE DEBS: Join Bernie, Danny Glover and John Nichols for a screening and discussion of the documentary, "The Revolutionist: A Film on the Life & Times of Eugene V. Debs, Socialist Party Candidate for President for the United States."
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Eugene Debs
Running for president as the Socialist candidate from his jail cell in 1920, his fifth run for the office, Eugene Debs (1855–1926) captured nearly a million votes. His message of socialism rang true for many Americans who experienced and sought to change the tremendous disparities in wealth produced by the industrial age. This video is featured in the "Labor Leaders" section of the American Enterprise exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. (The video does not have an audio track). Teachers, parents, educators! Check out our resources to use these videos in the classroom here: https://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/labor-leaders-video-series Section link: americanhistory.si.edu/american-enterprise-exhibition/videos/labor-leaders Exhibition link: americanhi...
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Beschloss on the historic abnormality of Trump's charges compared to 1920's Eugene Debs
Former President Trump is the first U.S. president to face criminal charges, but he is not banned from running or assuming presidential office. Presidential historian Michael Beschloss joins Andrea Mitchell to examine how unusual this moment in history is, and how Trump’s 2024 ambitions may unfold. Beschloss points out the precedent for a presidential candidate running for office from jail in 1920: Eugene Debs. “He ran for office and he was actually in jail. He was not elected president. So we don't know whether he could have served from jail, which is something that people are talking about right now,” says Beschloss. Regarding the former president’s indictment and online threats of violence, Beschloss adds, “any of those things would be unusual in American history.” » Subscribe to MSNBC...
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History of Socialism in America
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateORIG ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Take the PBS Digital Studios annual survey: http://to.pbs.org/2020survey "Socialism" is one of THE most divisive words in America and it has been for a long time. With Democratic Socialism gaining more and more popularity, Danielle takes a look back at the long history of Socialism in America. From the Utopian Socialist communities of the 19th century to the labor strikes and Anarchist Bombings of 1919 that helped fuel the Red Scare, we explore America's complicated history with Socialism. Special thanks to our Historian Harry Brisson and Archivists Rachel Brice, Mathilda Murray, and Jafra D. Thomas on Patreon! Join them at https://www.patreon....
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Bernie Sanders Cites MLK, Eugene Debs Among Heroes | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
Senator Bernie Sanders talks with Rachel Maddow about who he identifies as his personal heroes who were politicians. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth analysis of daily headlines, insightful political commentary and informed perspectives. Reaching more than 95 million households worldwide, MSNBC offers a full schedule of live news coverage, political opinions and award-winning documentary programming -- 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Connect with MSNBC Online Visit msnbc.com: http://on.msnbc.com/Readmsnbc Find MSNBC on Facebook: http://on.msnbc.com/Likemsnbc Follow MSNBC on Twitter: http://on.msnbc.com/Followmsnbc Follow MSNBC on Google+: http://on.msnbc.com/Plusmsnbc Follow MSNBC on Instagram: http://on.msnbc....
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From the Vault | Eugene V. Debs and the Railroad Workers’ Bill
In this episode of From the Vault, we’ll delve into Eugene V. Debs’ legislative crusade for those who died working on the railroads during the 1880s. Learn more about the Archives: https://www.in.gov/iara/ Learn more about the history relevance campaign at https://www.historyrelevance.com/ Visit our Blog: https://www.in.gov/iara/3098.htm Please comment, like, and subscribe! Credits: Written and produced by Justin Clark Special Thanks to Keenan Salla Music: “Circle of Life” by Whitesand, “The Sound of Rain” by Sappheiros, “Art of Silence” by Uniq, and “For Tomorrow” by Savk
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Eugene Debs Was an American Hero
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Eugene Debs was America's greatest socialist, Bernie Sanders' political hero, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World...
Eugene Debs was America's greatest socialist, Bernie Sanders' political hero, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and five time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. He should be remembered as an American hero.
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Alternately loved and reviled, Eugene Victor Debs was a passionate labor leader, a progressive political figure, and a formidable speaker in a time of great cha...
Alternately loved and reviled, Eugene Victor Debs was a passionate labor leader, a progressive political figure, and a formidable speaker in a time of great change in the United States.
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs is narrated by actor Danny Glover and will make its television premiere on WFYI Thursday, October 3.
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Alternately loved and reviled, Eugene Victor Debs was a passionate labor leader, a progressive political figure, and a formidable speaker in a time of great change in the United States.
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs is narrated by actor Danny Glover and will make its television premiere on WFYI Thursday, October 3.
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Going to Prison For Criticizing the Government | Debs v. United States
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In episode 13 of Supreme Court Briefs, Eugene Debs gives a speech criticizing war and praising socialism. He promptly gets arrested for breaking the Sedition Act, and spends the next several years fighting for his freedom.
Check out cool primary sources here:
https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/249us211
Additional sources:
"A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn
http://www.encyclopedia.com/politics/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/debs-v-united-states-249-us-211-1919
http://uscivilliberties.org/cases/3678-debs-v-united-states-249-us-211-1919.html
Canton, Ohio
June 16, 1918
Eugene Debs, the famous labor activist and five-time Socialist Party of America presidential candidate, gives a speech, opposing World War One. He is careful with his words, for he knows that, under the Sedition Act of 1918, he could go to prison for criticizing the war or President Woodrow Wilson. In his speech, he did not specifically mention World War One nor criticize President Wilson.
Even so, Debs was pretty courageous to give this speech. I’ll have Mark Ruffalo read you a sample of it. “They have always taught and trained you to believe it to be your patriotic duty to go to war and to have yourselves slaughtered at their command. But in all the history of the world you, the people, have never had a voice in declaring war, and strange as it certainly appears, no war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people.”
Two weeks later, police arrested Debs and charged him with breaking the Sedition Act. In federal court, Debs argued that he was justified giving the speech due to the First Amendment. He also argued that the Sedition Act was unconstitutional. At his trial, he gave a speech to the court that one journalist said was “one of the most beautiful and moving passages in the English language.” Apparently the court wasn’t all that moved. On November 18, 1918, they found Debs guilty. The judge sentenced him to 10 years in prison and said he could never vote again.
Debs appealed the conviction to the Supreme Court. This was a time when the Court was looking at a lot of cases involving free speech. Three weeks before the Court heard arguments from Eugene Debs and his lawyers, they heard arguments for a case called Schenck v. United States. In this case, the Court ended up deciding that speech should be limited if it leads to people committing a crime. This was where the “clear and present danger” doctrine came from. Basically, if speech can directly lead to hurting the country, then the Court said it can be limited.
So the Court checked out several statements that Debs had made regarding the war. In each one of them, Debs was careful to attempt to comply with the Sedition Act of 1918 and the rest of the Espionage Act. However, the Court ended up concluding that his ultimate goal with these statements was obstructing the draft and thus hurting the war effort.
On March 10, 1919, in a unanimous opinion, the Court announced it agreed with the lower court, upholding Debs’ conviction. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr (OliWen in the house!) gave the opinion. Holmes admitted that the speech Debs got in trouble for was mostly just about socialism. However, Holmes argued that the speech also was meant to get people fired up against American involvement in World War One to a point where people resisted the draft.
Eugene Debs went to prison on April 13, 1919. A protest of his imprisonment directly led to the May Day riots of 1919. But, I mean, in 1919 riots were totally the rage all across the country anyway.
Even in prison, Debs wouldn’t shut his mouth. He remained politically active, writing a series of columns talking trash about the prison system.
Oh yeah, and he also ran for President from prison. Really. In the election of 1920, Debs got 3.4% of the popular vote, by far the most anyone has ever got running for President from prison.
Debs. v United States was just one of several Supreme Court cases dealing with the limits of free speech that all took place right after World War One ended. It justified limited speech especially during times of crisis, like war.
On December 13, 1920, Congress got rid of the Sedition Act. A year later, the new President, Warren Harding, freed Debs from prison. However, prison had taken a toll on his health. He died less than five years later.
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In episode 13 of Supreme Court Briefs, Eugene Debs gives a speech criticizing war and praising socialism. He promptly gets arrested for breaking the Sedition Act, and spends the next several years fighting for his freedom.
Check out cool primary sources here:
https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/249us211
Additional sources:
"A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn
http://www.encyclopedia.com/politics/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/debs-v-united-states-249-us-211-1919
http://uscivilliberties.org/cases/3678-debs-v-united-states-249-us-211-1919.html
Canton, Ohio
June 16, 1918
Eugene Debs, the famous labor activist and five-time Socialist Party of America presidential candidate, gives a speech, opposing World War One. He is careful with his words, for he knows that, under the Sedition Act of 1918, he could go to prison for criticizing the war or President Woodrow Wilson. In his speech, he did not specifically mention World War One nor criticize President Wilson.
Even so, Debs was pretty courageous to give this speech. I’ll have Mark Ruffalo read you a sample of it. “They have always taught and trained you to believe it to be your patriotic duty to go to war and to have yourselves slaughtered at their command. But in all the history of the world you, the people, have never had a voice in declaring war, and strange as it certainly appears, no war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people.”
Two weeks later, police arrested Debs and charged him with breaking the Sedition Act. In federal court, Debs argued that he was justified giving the speech due to the First Amendment. He also argued that the Sedition Act was unconstitutional. At his trial, he gave a speech to the court that one journalist said was “one of the most beautiful and moving passages in the English language.” Apparently the court wasn’t all that moved. On November 18, 1918, they found Debs guilty. The judge sentenced him to 10 years in prison and said he could never vote again.
Debs appealed the conviction to the Supreme Court. This was a time when the Court was looking at a lot of cases involving free speech. Three weeks before the Court heard arguments from Eugene Debs and his lawyers, they heard arguments for a case called Schenck v. United States. In this case, the Court ended up deciding that speech should be limited if it leads to people committing a crime. This was where the “clear and present danger” doctrine came from. Basically, if speech can directly lead to hurting the country, then the Court said it can be limited.
So the Court checked out several statements that Debs had made regarding the war. In each one of them, Debs was careful to attempt to comply with the Sedition Act of 1918 and the rest of the Espionage Act. However, the Court ended up concluding that his ultimate goal with these statements was obstructing the draft and thus hurting the war effort.
On March 10, 1919, in a unanimous opinion, the Court announced it agreed with the lower court, upholding Debs’ conviction. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr (OliWen in the house!) gave the opinion. Holmes admitted that the speech Debs got in trouble for was mostly just about socialism. However, Holmes argued that the speech also was meant to get people fired up against American involvement in World War One to a point where people resisted the draft.
Eugene Debs went to prison on April 13, 1919. A protest of his imprisonment directly led to the May Day riots of 1919. But, I mean, in 1919 riots were totally the rage all across the country anyway.
Even in prison, Debs wouldn’t shut his mouth. He remained politically active, writing a series of columns talking trash about the prison system.
Oh yeah, and he also ran for President from prison. Really. In the election of 1920, Debs got 3.4% of the popular vote, by far the most anyone has ever got running for President from prison.
Debs. v United States was just one of several Supreme Court cases dealing with the limits of free speech that all took place right after World War One ended. It justified limited speech especially during times of crisis, like war.
On December 13, 1920, Congress got rid of the Sedition Act. A year later, the new President, Warren Harding, freed Debs from prison. However, prison had taken a toll on his health. He died less than five years later.
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Alternately loved and reviled, Eugene Victor Debs was a passionate labor leader, a progressive political figure, and a formidable speaker in a time of great cha...
Alternately loved and reviled, Eugene Victor Debs was a passionate labor leader, a progressive political figure, and a formidable speaker in a time of great change in the United States.
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs is narrated by actor Danny Glover and will make its television premiere on WFYI Thursday, October 3.
https://wn.com/The_Revolutionist_Eugene_V._Debs_Trailer
Alternately loved and reviled, Eugene Victor Debs was a passionate labor leader, a progressive political figure, and a formidable speaker in a time of great change in the United States.
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs is narrated by actor Danny Glover and will make its television premiere on WFYI Thursday, October 3.
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THE REVOLUTIONIST: FILM & DISCUSSION (7:30PM ET)
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THE REVOLUTIONIST, EUGENE DEBS: Join Bernie, Danny Glover and John Nichols for a screening and discussion of the documentary, "The Revolutionist: A Film on the ...
THE REVOLUTIONIST, EUGENE DEBS: Join Bernie, Danny Glover and John Nichols for a screening and discussion of the documentary, "The Revolutionist: A Film on the Life & Times of Eugene V. Debs, Socialist Party Candidate for President for the United States."
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THE REVOLUTIONIST, EUGENE DEBS: Join Bernie, Danny Glover and John Nichols for a screening and discussion of the documentary, "The Revolutionist: A Film on the Life & Times of Eugene V. Debs, Socialist Party Candidate for President for the United States."
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Running for president as the Socialist candidate from his jail cell in 1920, his fifth run for the office, Eugene Debs (1855–1926) captured nearly a million vot...
Running for president as the Socialist candidate from his jail cell in 1920, his fifth run for the office, Eugene Debs (1855–1926) captured nearly a million votes. His message of socialism rang true for many Americans who experienced and sought to change the tremendous disparities in wealth produced by the industrial age.
This video is featured in the "Labor Leaders" section of the American Enterprise exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. (The video does not have an audio track).
Teachers, parents, educators! Check out our resources to use these videos in the classroom here: https://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/labor-leaders-video-series
Section link: americanhistory.si.edu/american-enterprise-exhibition/videos/labor-leaders
Exhibition link: americanhistory.si.edu/american-enterprise
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Running for president as the Socialist candidate from his jail cell in 1920, his fifth run for the office, Eugene Debs (1855–1926) captured nearly a million votes. His message of socialism rang true for many Americans who experienced and sought to change the tremendous disparities in wealth produced by the industrial age.
This video is featured in the "Labor Leaders" section of the American Enterprise exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. (The video does not have an audio track).
Teachers, parents, educators! Check out our resources to use these videos in the classroom here: https://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/labor-leaders-video-series
Section link: americanhistory.si.edu/american-enterprise-exhibition/videos/labor-leaders
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Beschloss on the historic abnormality of Trump's charges compared to 1920's Eugene Debs
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Former President Trump is the first U.S. president to face criminal charges, but he is not banned from running or assuming presidential office. Presidential his...
Former President Trump is the first U.S. president to face criminal charges, but he is not banned from running or assuming presidential office. Presidential historian Michael Beschloss joins Andrea Mitchell to examine how unusual this moment in history is, and how Trump’s 2024 ambitions may unfold. Beschloss points out the precedent for a presidential candidate running for office from jail in 1920: Eugene Debs. “He ran for office and he was actually in jail. He was not elected president. So we don't know whether he could have served from jail, which is something that people are talking about right now,” says Beschloss. Regarding the former president’s indictment and online threats of violence, Beschloss adds, “any of those things would be unusual in American history.”
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Former President Trump is the first U.S. president to face criminal charges, but he is not banned from running or assuming presidential office. Presidential historian Michael Beschloss joins Andrea Mitchell to examine how unusual this moment in history is, and how Trump’s 2024 ambitions may unfold. Beschloss points out the precedent for a presidential candidate running for office from jail in 1920: Eugene Debs. “He ran for office and he was actually in jail. He was not elected president. So we don't know whether he could have served from jail, which is something that people are talking about right now,” says Beschloss. Regarding the former president’s indictment and online threats of violence, Beschloss adds, “any of those things would be unusual in American history.”
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History of Socialism in America
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"Socialism" is one of THE most divisive words in America and it has been for a long time. With Democratic Socialism gaining more and more popularity, Danielle takes a look back at the long history of Socialism in America. From the Utopian Socialist communities of the 19th century to the labor strikes and Anarchist Bombings of 1919 that helped fuel the Red Scare, we explore America's complicated history with Socialism.
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https://www.history.com/news/5-19th-century-utopian-communities-in-the-united-states
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/05/what-is-socialism/
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https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-many-tangled-american-definitions-of-socialism
Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist Nick Salvatore
Socialism and America Irving Howe
https://time.com/5762312/bernie-sanders-socialism-america/
https://www.facebook.com/time/videos/the-history-of-socialism-in-america/601443120433348/
https://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/socialism
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/18/817837651/american-socialist
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/12/us/politics/democratic-socialism-facts-history.html
https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/243362/meaning-socialism-americans-today.aspx
https://youtu.be/v4zzU67y9EU
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/socialist-revolution-oklahoma-crushed-green-corn-rebellion-180973073/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/socialism-united-states-moment
https://nymag.com/strategist/article/best-socialism-books.html
https://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/socialism
https://www.history.com/news/5-19th-century-utopian-communities-in-the-united-states
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/05/what-is-socialism/
https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-explains-what-democratic-socialism-means-2019-3
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Bernie Sanders Cites MLK, Eugene Debs Among Heroes | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
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Senator Bernie Sanders talks with Rachel Maddow about who he identifies as his personal heroes who were politicians.
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From the Vault | Eugene V. Debs and the Railroad Workers’ Bill
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In this episode of From the Vault, we’ll delve into Eugene V. Debs’ legislative crusade for those who died working on the railroads during the 1880s.
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In this episode of From the Vault, we’ll delve into Eugene V. Debs’ legislative crusade for those who died working on the railroads during the 1880s.
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Eugene Debs Was an American Hero
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Eugene Debs was America's greatest socialist, Bernie Sanders' political hero, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and five time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. He should be remembered as an American hero.
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Alternately loved and reviled, Eugene Victor Debs was a passionate labor leader, a progressive political figure, and a formidable speaker in a time of great change in the United States.
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs is narrated by actor Danny Glover and will make its television premiere on WFYI Thursday, October 3.
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In episode 13 of Supreme Court Briefs, Eugene Debs gives a speech criticizing war and praising socialism. He promptly gets arrested for breaking the Sedition Act, and spends the next several years fighting for his freedom.
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"A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn
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Canton, Ohio
June 16, 1918
Eugene Debs, the famous labor activist and five-time Socialist Party of America presidential candidate, gives a speech, opposing World War One. He is careful with his words, for he knows that, under the Sedition Act of 1918, he could go to prison for criticizing the war or President Woodrow Wilson. In his speech, he did not specifically mention World War One nor criticize President Wilson.
Even so, Debs was pretty courageous to give this speech. I’ll have Mark Ruffalo read you a sample of it. “They have always taught and trained you to believe it to be your patriotic duty to go to war and to have yourselves slaughtered at their command. But in all the history of the world you, the people, have never had a voice in declaring war, and strange as it certainly appears, no war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people.”
Two weeks later, police arrested Debs and charged him with breaking the Sedition Act. In federal court, Debs argued that he was justified giving the speech due to the First Amendment. He also argued that the Sedition Act was unconstitutional. At his trial, he gave a speech to the court that one journalist said was “one of the most beautiful and moving passages in the English language.” Apparently the court wasn’t all that moved. On November 18, 1918, they found Debs guilty. The judge sentenced him to 10 years in prison and said he could never vote again.
Debs appealed the conviction to the Supreme Court. This was a time when the Court was looking at a lot of cases involving free speech. Three weeks before the Court heard arguments from Eugene Debs and his lawyers, they heard arguments for a case called Schenck v. United States. In this case, the Court ended up deciding that speech should be limited if it leads to people committing a crime. This was where the “clear and present danger” doctrine came from. Basically, if speech can directly lead to hurting the country, then the Court said it can be limited.
So the Court checked out several statements that Debs had made regarding the war. In each one of them, Debs was careful to attempt to comply with the Sedition Act of 1918 and the rest of the Espionage Act. However, the Court ended up concluding that his ultimate goal with these statements was obstructing the draft and thus hurting the war effort.
On March 10, 1919, in a unanimous opinion, the Court announced it agreed with the lower court, upholding Debs’ conviction. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr (OliWen in the house!) gave the opinion. Holmes admitted that the speech Debs got in trouble for was mostly just about socialism. However, Holmes argued that the speech also was meant to get people fired up against American involvement in World War One to a point where people resisted the draft.
Eugene Debs went to prison on April 13, 1919. A protest of his imprisonment directly led to the May Day riots of 1919. But, I mean, in 1919 riots were totally the rage all across the country anyway.
Even in prison, Debs wouldn’t shut his mouth. He remained politically active, writing a series of columns talking trash about the prison system.
Oh yeah, and he also ran for President from prison. Really. In the election of 1920, Debs got 3.4% of the popular vote, by far the most anyone has ever got running for President from prison.
Debs. v United States was just one of several Supreme Court cases dealing with the limits of free speech that all took place right after World War One ended. It justified limited speech especially during times of crisis, like war.
On December 13, 1920, Congress got rid of the Sedition Act. A year later, the new President, Warren Harding, freed Debs from prison. However, prison had taken a toll on his health. He died less than five years later.
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Alternately loved and reviled, Eugene Victor Debs was a passionate labor leader, a progressive political figure, and a formidable speaker in a time of great change in the United States.
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs is narrated by actor Danny Glover and will make its television premiere on WFYI Thursday, October 3.
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THE REVOLUTIONIST, EUGENE DEBS: Join Bernie, Danny Glover and John Nichols for a screening and discussion of the documentary, "The Revolutionist: A Film on the Life & Times of Eugene V. Debs, Socialist Party Candidate for President for the United States."
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Eugene Debs
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Running for president as the Socialist candidate from his jail cell in 1920, his fifth run for the office, Eugene Debs (1855–1926) captured nearly a million votes. His message of socialism rang true for many Americans who experienced and sought to change the tremendous disparities in wealth produced by the industrial age.
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Beschloss on the historic abnormality of Trump's charges compared to 1920's Eugene Debs
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Former President Trump is the first U.S. president to face criminal charges, but he is not banned from running or assuming presidential office. Presidential historian Michael Beschloss joins Andrea Mitchell to examine how unusual this moment in history is, and how Trump’s 2024 ambitions may unfold. Beschloss points out the precedent for a presidential candidate running for office from jail in 1920: Eugene Debs. “He ran for office and he was actually in jail. He was not elected president. So we don't know whether he could have served from jail, which is something that people are talking about right now,” says Beschloss. Regarding the former president’s indictment and online threats of violence, Beschloss adds, “any of those things would be unusual in American history.”
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History of Socialism in America
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"Socialism" is one of THE most divisive words in America and it has been for a long time. With Democratic Socialism gaining more and more popularity, Danielle takes a look back at the long history of Socialism in America. From the Utopian Socialist communities of the 19th century to the labor strikes and Anarchist Bombings of 1919 that helped fuel the Red Scare, we explore America's complicated history with Socialism.
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https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-many-tangled-american-definitions-of-socialism
Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist Nick Salvatore
Socialism and America Irving Howe
https://time.com/5762312/bernie-sanders-socialism-america/
https://www.facebook.com/time/videos/the-history-of-socialism-in-america/601443120433348/
https://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/socialism
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/18/817837651/american-socialist
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/12/us/politics/democratic-socialism-facts-history.html
https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/243362/meaning-socialism-americans-today.aspx
https://youtu.be/v4zzU67y9EU
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/socialist-revolution-oklahoma-crushed-green-corn-rebellion-180973073/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/socialism-united-states-moment
https://nymag.com/strategist/article/best-socialism-books.html
https://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/socialism
https://www.history.com/news/5-19th-century-utopian-communities-in-the-united-states
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/05/what-is-socialism/
https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-explains-what-democratic-socialism-means-2019-3
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From the Vault | Eugene V. Debs and the Railroad Workers’ Bill
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Eugene V. Debs
Eugene Victor "Gene" Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American union leader, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies), and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. Through his presidential candidacies, as well as his work with labor movements, Debs eventually became one of the best-known socialists living in the United States.
Early in his political career, Debs was a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected as a Democrat to the Indiana General Assembly in 1884. After working with several smaller unions, including the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, Debs was instrumental in the founding of the American Railway Union (ARU), one of the nation's first industrial unions. After workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company organized a wildcat strike over pay cuts in the summer of 1894, Debs signed many into the ARU. He called a boycott of the ARU against handling trains with Pullman cars, in what became the nationwide Pullman Strike, affecting most lines west of Detroit, and more than 250,000 workers in 27 states. To keep the mail running, President Grover Cleveland used the United States Army to break the strike. As a leader of the ARU, Debs was convicted of federal charges for defying a court injunction against the strike and served six months in prison.
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