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His return to his hometown of terre haute, indiana following his release from prison by president harding after a federal conviction stemming from the war protests. And tonight were in terre haute in the debs home and museum. Let me introduce you to our guests. Earnest freebuerg. Why do we care about him . Debs was one of the most important labor leaders at a crucial time of conflict between labor and capital. But more importantly, he was the central figure in the socialist movement at a time when it was a viable growing and important part of the american political call chu v culture. Does he have a Lasting Legacy . Like many third party candidates, they managed to move the conversation in very important directions that have affected the development of american democracy. So in that car, he is of his time but also at a long impact on us as well. And well have time to delve into some of the elections more deeply later on, but of th ....
Us throughout the program tonight. His book is call, its been 85 since debs died. Why do we care about him . Debs is one of the labor leaders at a crucial time and a conflict between labor and capital, but more importantly, he was the central figure in the socialist movement at a time when it was a viable, growing and important part of the american political culture. So is he interesting as a snapshot in time or do you think he has a lasting legacy, do you think . Like many thirdparty candidates he and his fellow socialists managed to move the conversation in very important directions that have affected the development of american democracy ever since. So in that regard he is of his time, but he has also had a long impact on us, as well. We will have time to delve into some of the elections more deeply later on, but of the five bids he made for the white house, are any particularly significant . Two for very different reasons. The 1912 bid represents the high watermark of socialism whe ....
Welcome back everybody, as you know weve been in the gilded age for sometime now, and weve already seen the Technological Innovations that made some of this economic expansion possible. We saw both the economic transformations and the effects of those changes in the economy, as far as lifestyle, both for the very rich, these opulent robber baron lifestyles on the one hand, and on the other hand of the very poor, whether it was the People Living in the shacks of the new england mill towns, or whether it was when we explored the gilded age city, the increasing problems of housing sanitation, that came with this rapid, and in many ways chaotic, growth of cities in the late 19th century. All of it accompanied, of course, my problem is going along immigration. And then last time, we saw in particular that there was some frustration with days new gilded age regime, as we ....
Reforms instituted to combat this discontent. He describes the tension between corporations, workers, and the government over issues such as working emissions which oftentimes lead to strikes. Welcome back, everybody. As you know, weve been in the guilded age for some time now. And weve already scene the Technological Innovations that made some of this economic expansion possible. We saw both the economic transformations and the effects of those changes in the economy as far as lifestyles, both of the very rich, these opulent robert barren lifestyles on the one hand on on the other hand, of the very poor. Whether it was the People Living in the shacks of the new england mill towns or whether it was when we explored the guild l age city, the increasing problems of housing and of sanitation that came with the cities going along with immigration. And then last time we ....
Welcome back, everybody. As you know, weve been in the gilded age for some time now and weve already seen the Technological Innovations that made some of this economic expansion possible. We saw both the economic transformations and the affects of those changes in the economy as far as lifestyles, both of the very rich, these opulent, robert barren lifestyles and on the other hand the very poor. Whether it was the People Living in the shacks of the new england mill towns or whether it was when we explored the gilded age city, the increasing problems of housing and of sanitation that came with this rapid and in many ways chaotic growth of the cities in the late 19th century. All of it, of course, accompanied by problems going along with immigration. And then last time we saw in particular there was some frustration with this new gilded age regime as we talked about t ....