Open Thread 20 OCT 21 ~ Eugene Debs
Submitted by QMS on Wed, 10/27/2021 - 5:00am.
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On November 2, 1920, something happened that had never happened before in history and is never likely to happen again: a federal prisoner received nearly 1 million write-in votes for president, including 22% of the New York vote.
This wasn't just any prisoner. This was a legendary union leader who was now a political prisoner.
This was Eugene Debs.