100 Years Ago, Socialist Leader Eugene Debs Gave This Speech That Landed Him in Prison
On June 16, 1918—in the midst of World War I—socialist leader Eugene Debs gave a stirring anti-war speech in Canton, Ohio at a meeting of the local Socialist Party. The U.S. government would later prosecute Debs for violating the Espionage Act, sentencing him to 10 years in prison. While serving his term, Debs would run for president in the 1920 elections and receive nearly one million votes. In the speech, Debs says of socialism "It is as vain to resist it as it would be to arrest the sunrise... Читать дальше...