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Eugene Debs was an out and out socialist, who led the most violent strike in US history. You can make an argument that he didn't make it violent -- that was th
by blaser-waffle 6y ago
Eugene Debs was an out and out socialist, who led the most violent strike in US history. You can make an argument that he didn't make it violent -- that was the Pinkertons -- but he didn't get tossed in jail because he ran an opposition party a la Navalny.
He's not the boogyman that some would make him out to be, but he didn't pull punches, either.
Got 3% of the US vote behind bars, too.
- sudosysgen 6y agoHe actually went to jail twice. The first time was for screening an anti-war movie.