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.”—
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Introduction by James P. Cannon, photos, index. |
