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Sternfeld s grandfather Meyer Nearing was a Socialist who at one time shared a cell with U.S. labor leader Eugene V. Debs. While growing up, Sternfeld s activist parents were deeply involved in the civil rights movement. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
‘Rebirth of a Nation’ recalls the small wars at the start of ‘our’ time Oct 30, 2009
His critics of the status quo, like William Jennings Bryan and Eugene V. Debs, launch impressive critiques that led to incremental reforms. Most lastingly, their demands led to the invention of the welfare state and the Federal Reserve System, which began to take harsh edges off of capitalism well before the New Deal. (Boston Globe)
Can Obama Rise to Harding's Level? Oct 13, 2009
Wilson had jailed socialist leader Eugene V. Debs, for example, for opposing the U.S. role in World War I. "With the exception of Lincoln," wrote The Nation magazine, "probably no president in our national history has taken office with as pressing a burden of unresolved questions.". With advice from Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon, President Harding set about reducing the government's role in the economy. (Townhall.com)
Remember the socialist origins of Labor Day! Sep 5, 2009
(Among the leaders of the strike was Eugene V. Debs, an actual, card-carrying socialist. Several workers were killed by soldiers, and Cleveland put reconciling with trades unions at the top of his agenda. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
The Wilsonian Delusion Aug 21, 2009
Eugene V. Debs, leader of the American Socialist Party, delivered an antiwar speech in Canton, Ohio, to an audience that included the U.S. attorney from northern Ohio, with a stenographer at his side taking down Debs s every word. Debs was arrested for sedition, convicted by a jury, and sentenced to 10 years in federal prison (running for president from his cell in 1920). (The American Conservative)
USA's Yesterdays: Pullman strike -- Well-intended Utopian confronts hard actualities Aug 15, 2009
Meanwhile, some 50,000 members of the recently-organized American Railway Union under Eugene V. Debs decided to act in sympathy with the strikers ... Elsewhere, Eugene V. Debs and two other officers of the ARU were thrown into jail for ignoring the injunction. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Our view: Get lean, get healthy Jul 3, 2009
President Woodrow Wilson and his allies in Congress were merciless in pursuing sedition -- criticism of American participation in World War I. In by far the most famous example, the government jailed socialist leader Eugene V. Debs for "obstructing and attempting to obstruct the recruiting services of the United States." At an Ohio picnic, Debs praised socialists opposing the draft. Anthony Lewis tells the story of the Debs case in the July 2 New York Review of Books. (Anchorage Daily News)
Third Parties in U.S. Presidential ... Jun 19, 2009
By the turn of the century, the Socialist Party under Eugene V. Debs was on presidential ballots, but, like the Prohibitionists, never affected the outcomes of 1904 and 1908. The 1812 Election featured three prominent candidates. (Suite101.com)
Socialism, brought to you by Wall Street Apr 16, 2009
At socialism's apogee, presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs got 6 percent of the vote in the 1912 election. After that, it was pretty much all downhill until last week, anyway. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
Black, White, Red All Over Apr 16, 2009
While populist rage is all the rage, this isn't quite Eugene V. Debs and the Pullman strike. Maybe, our socialists think, the public just needs a little more info. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Engaged (50) Apr 1, 2009
The bride-to-be, a 2003 Boerne High School graduate, is a Eugene V. Debs graduate fellow in labor history at Indiana State University. She is earning a masters degree at the Terre Haute, Ind. (Boerne Star, TX)
Some Forgotten Presidents Shouldn't Be Mar 22, 2009
Woodrow Wilson had expanded the role and size of government dramatically, incurred a $25 billion dollar debt, and cracked down on political opponents - even imprisoning some (socialist activist Eugene V. Debs, etc. . (Townhall.com)
Blago strategy is questioned Feb 8, 2009
The E. in Samuel E. Adam is Eugene for both Pincham and Eugene V. Debs, the left-wing labor leader of a century ago who ran for president on the Socialist ticket. If there were a hall of fame for Chicago criminal defense lawyers, all three would be there,; says Michael Ettinger, an attorney for the former governor;s brother, Robert Blagojevich, who has not been charged with wrongdoing. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
