The paranoid US government in the the 1900's went on a witch hunt to gather up all communist in country much like in Salem back in the 1600's. Debs being the chairman of the Communist Party of America was jailed solely for his political views. Debs was a political prisoner of the US government.
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His five presidential campaigns were unsuccessful
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to get equal pay and higher wages for workers in the railroad idustry ( if this is for home work i dont think im 100% right)
Eugene V. Debs
Eugene V. Debs was a union organizer, leader of the Pullman Strike, member of the Socialist Party, a politician, and presidential candidate. Debs was a progressive and more of a moralist than an intellectual or traditional politician. He admitted that he had little patience with the various elements of socialism, especially those in Europe, and he was most comfortable in the company of ordinary working people.