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Eugene Debs: Lock Him Up (1919)

Published: April 14, 2022, 9:30 a.m.

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It\\u2019s April 14th. This day in 1919, Socialist leader Eugene V Debs is sent to prison for violating the Espionage Act in his opposition to WWI. It wasn\\u2019t the first time Debs had been imprisoned \\u2014 but a year later he would run for president and earn almost 4% of the vote from inside his jail cell.

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Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss Deb\\u2019s imprisoned candidacy, and the history of jailing political opponents in the United States.

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