USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Eugene Victor Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States.

Detailed explanation-2: -The American Railway Union, the country’s first industrial (as distinct from craft) union, was founded in Terre Haute in 1893 by Eugene V. Debs, five-time Socialist candidate for president. The following year it was involved in the Pullman strike, which advocated a countrywide boycott of Pullman…

Detailed explanation-3: -Eugene Debs made his famous anti-war speech protesting World War I which was raging in Europe. The working class have never yet had a voice in declaring war. If war is right, let it be declared by the people – you, who have your lives to lose.

Detailed explanation-4: -During World War I, Debs emerged as one of the most vocal opponents of America’s participation in the war. As a result, the federal government charged Eugene Debs with violating the Espionage Act. After a jury convicted him, a judge sentenced him to ten years in prison, of which he served only three years.