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Podcast: This Day (An America 250 History Show)
Episode: Eugene Debs: Lock Him Up (1919)
Description: It’s April 14th. This day in 1919, Socialist leader Eugene V Debs is sent to prison for violating the Espionage Act in his opposition to WWI. It wasn’t the first time Debs had been imprisoned — but a year later he would run for president and earn almost 4% of the vote from inside his jail cell.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss Deb’s imprisoned candidacy, and the history of jailing political opponents in the United States.
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