Fund Drive Special Democracys Prisoner: Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to Dissent
Historians frequently see the late 1900 and earliest century as a period of time that represents the fiercest battle between labor and capital. Today we examine this period to the times of Eugene V. Debs, the perennial socialist candidate who in 1920 ran for president while serving a ten-year jail term for speaking against America\u2019s role in World War I. He garnered six million votes in that election. \xa0Debs case illuminates our own struggle to define the boundaries of permissible dissent as we continue to balance the right of free speech with the demands of national security.\nGuest: Ernest Freeberg is a Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and author\xa0of the book Democracy\u2019s Prisoner: Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to Dissent.\nKeep Us on the Air: Donate to KPFA today!!\n\nMP3 CD Letters and Politics History of Socialism Pack $120\nTickets Diner and KPFA Tour w/ Brian Edwards-Tiekert, Cat Brooks, and Mitch Jeserich $500\n\nThe post Fund Drive Special \u2013 Democracy\u2019s Prisoner: Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to Dissent appeared first on KPFA.