Eugene V. Debs Speaks

Download or read book Eugene V. Debs Speaks written by Eugene Victor Debs and published by New York : Pathfinder Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speeches by the pioneer U.S. socialist agitator and labor leader, jailed for opposing Washington's imperialist aims in World War I. Debs speaks out on capitalism and socialism; anti-immigrant chauvinism; how anti-Black racism weakens the labor movement; Rockefeller's massacre of striking miners at Ludlow, Colorado; and more. ?Speeches ? of one of America's pioneer socialists. Ranging in subject matter from race prejudice to antiwar sentiment (the latter speech ? helped send him to Federal prison), these ` exhortations? demonstrate the dynamic appeal of Debs as a platform speaker.' Choice