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'''Eugene Victor Debs''' (1855-1926) was an American trade union leader and politician. He founded the [[Industrial Workers of the World]] (the 'wobblies') and was [[Socialist Party of America]] candidate for the presidency of the [[United States]] on five occasions.

'''Eugene Victor Debs''' (1855-1926) was an American trade union leader and politician. He founded the [[Industrial Workers of the World]] (the 'wobblies') and was [[Socialist Party of America]] candidate for the presidency of the [[United States]] on five occasions.  He was sentenced ten years in prison and disenfranchisement for life under the [[Espionage Act of 1917]] for his outspoken opposition to [[World War I]].  The Presidential campaign he ran from prison in 1920 gained him the most votes of any Socialist Party presidential candidate.

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