Today in history: April 13, 1919 - Working class leader and Socialist Party founder Eugene V. Debs imprisoned for opposing American entry into World War I. He was charged with ten counts of sedition for making anti-war and anti-capitalist speeches. Read Debs’ “Statement to the Court Upon Being Convicted of Violating the Sedition Act.”
(image: Debs while in prison at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary for opposing the war)
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