by Eugene V. Debs
Red and Black Publishers
2009
SKU: 9781934941485
A collection of speeches, pamphlets, and writings from Eugene V Debs, from 1888 to 1925.
Beginning his career as an organizer for the American Railway Union, Debs ran for President on the Socialist Party ticket five times, polling up to 6 percent of the total vote in 1912. Jailed in 1919 for an antiwar speech in Ohio, Debs ran for President from his jail cell in 1920, polling almost a million votes, 3.4 percent of the total votes cast.