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'''Eugene Victor Debs''' (1855-1926) was a [[liberal]] [[American]] trade union leader and politician. He founded the [[Industrial Workers of the World]] (the 'wobblies') and was [[Socialist Party of America]] candidate for the presidency of the [[United States]] on five occasions.  This was a time in America's history when [[liberal|liberals]] could be imprisoned for their beliefs, so Debs was sentenced ten years in prison and disenfranchisement for life under the [[Espionage Act of 1917]] for his outspoken opposition to [[World War I]].  The Presidential campaign he ran from prison in 1920 gained him the most votes (913,664 votes, or 3.42 % of the votes cast <ref>2001 ''New York Times Almanac'', New York Times, 2000 </ref>) of any socialist party presidential candidate.
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'''Eugene Victor Debs''' (1855-1926) was the American leader of the Socialist party. He was [[Socialist Party of America]] candidate for the presidency of the in 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912 and 1920, running best in 1912. He briefly belonged to the [[IWW]], which called for a violent overthrow of capitalism, but drew back from such an extreme position.  
  
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Debs, like a majority of socialists, opposed American entry into [[World War I]]. A powerful oratorm he gave speeches during the war to discourge youth from enlisting or acceping the draft.  He was convicted of sedition in federal court; the Supreme Court upheld the conviction and he campaigned in 1920 from his prison cell in Atlanta. In 1921 he was pardoned by president [[Warren Harding]].
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==See also==
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* [[Socialist Party of America]]
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==Bibliography==
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* Chace, James. ''1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs--The Election that Changed the Country'' (2005), popular history [http://www.amazon.com/1912-Roosevelt-Debs-Election-Changed/dp/0743273559/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227789396&sr=8-1 excerts and text search]
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* Ginger, Ray. ''The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene Victor Debs''. (1949)
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* Salvatore, Nick. ''Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist''. (1984), the standard scholarly biography
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===Primary sources===
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* Debs, Eugene. ''Debs: His Life, Writings and Speeches''. 544 pages. (1908) [http://books.google.com/books?id=1X3rXrzI5GgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:eugene+inauthor:debs&lr=&num=30&as_brr=3 complete text online]
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* Debs, Eugene. ''Gentle Rebel: Letters of Eugene V. Debs''. Edited by J. Robert Constantine. 312 pages. [[University of Illinois Press]]. June 1, 1995. ISBN 0-252-06324-4.
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* Debs, Eugene. ''Walls & Bars: Prisons & Prison Life In The "Land Of The Free"''. 264 pages. Charles H. Kerr Publishers Company; 1st edition, 1983 edition ISBN 0-88286-010-0. 2000 edition ISBN 0-88286-248-0.
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* Debs, Eugene V. ''The papers of Eugene V. Debs, 1834-1945: A guide to the microfilm edition''. 163 pages.  Microfilming Corporation of America, 1983. ISBN 0-667-00699-0.
 
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Revision as of 12:38, November 27, 2008

Eugene Victor Debs (1855-1926) was the American leader of the Socialist party. He was Socialist Party of America candidate for the presidency of the in 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912 and 1920, running best in 1912. He briefly belonged to the IWW, which called for a violent overthrow of capitalism, but drew back from such an extreme position.

Debs, like a majority of socialists, opposed American entry into World War I. A powerful oratorm he gave speeches during the war to discourge youth from enlisting or acceping the draft. He was convicted of sedition in federal court; the Supreme Court upheld the conviction and he campaigned in 1920 from his prison cell in Atlanta. In 1921 he was pardoned by president Warren Harding.

See also

Bibliography

  • Chace, James. 1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs--The Election that Changed the Country (2005), popular history excerts and text search
  • Ginger, Ray. The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene Victor Debs. (1949)
  • Salvatore, Nick. Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist. (1984), the standard scholarly biography

Primary sources

  • Debs, Eugene. Debs: His Life, Writings and Speeches. 544 pages. (1908) complete text online
  • Debs, Eugene. Gentle Rebel: Letters of Eugene V. Debs. Edited by J. Robert Constantine. 312 pages. University of Illinois Press. June 1, 1995. ISBN 0-252-06324-4.
  • Debs, Eugene. Walls & Bars: Prisons & Prison Life In The "Land Of The Free". 264 pages. Charles H. Kerr Publishers Company; 1st edition, 1983 edition ISBN 0-88286-010-0. 2000 edition ISBN 0-88286-248-0.
  • Debs, Eugene V. The papers of Eugene V. Debs, 1834-1945: A guide to the microfilm edition. 163 pages. Microfilming Corporation of America, 1983. ISBN 0-667-00699-0.

References

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