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
His return home to terre haute, indiana, following his release from prison by Warren Harding from charges stemming from those war protests. Tonight, we are in terre haute at his home and museum. Let me introduce you to our two guests. Ernest freebergs book is called democracys prisoner. It has been 85 years since debs died. Why do we care about him . He was one of our most important labor leaders at a crucial time of the conflict between labor and capital. More importantly, he was the central figure in the socialist movement at a time it was a viable growing part of the american political culture. Does he have a Lasting Legacy . I think like many thirdparty candidates, he and his fellow socialists moved the conversation in very important directions. In that regard, he is of his time but he has also made a Lasting Impact on us as well. We will have time to delve into some of the elections later on. Of the five bids he made, are any particularly significant . The 1912 bid is the high mar
This is about an hour. Okay. Its 11 00. I think we know you are excited to be here and to hear Adam Hochschild tell us about the legacy of the First World War today. Thank you for being with us over these past three days. Its been very exciting for us to see how excited and engaged history educators are. Thank you so much for that. If i didnt say it, im grace leatherman. We are loving doing this online conference with you. Its a pleasure to be with you, because really there is no kind of person i more enjoy talking with than teachers of history. Teachers of history have been tremendously important in my life from high school, from college and also people who are involved in teaching public history by working in museums, historical sites and so forth. All that has had a huge influence on my life. I dont think i would be writing History Today were it not for two very good history teachers that i had when i was in high school. Let me tell you a little bit about how i came to the subject t
Conference with you. It is a pleasure to be with you because really, there is no kind of person i more enjoy talking with then teachers of history. Teachers of history have been tremendously important in my life. From high school, from college, and also people who are involved in teaching public history by working and museums and historical sites and so forth. All of them has had a huge influence on my life. I do not think i would be writing History Today were it not for two very good history teachers that i had in high school. Let me tell you a little bit about how i came to the subject that im going to talk about today. I have for a long time, as long as i can remember, been obsessed with the First World War. I had relatives on both sides of my family who fought in it in several different armies. It always has sort of seemed to me, i think the historian simon put it best, when he described the First World War as the original sin of the 20th century. So much of what has afflicted us i
Hochschild who was a Founding Member of americas communist party. [inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone, and welcome to politics prose. Hi name is matthew zipf, im part of the events team here. Each year we host close to 1,000 authors here at the wharf and at union market. Please see our web site, politics. Prose. Com or pick up a paper copy of our Events Calendar at the desk. Before the event, i do have a few short housekeeping items. First, please silence your cell phones so we dont have any buzzing or ringing during the event. When its time for the q and a session after the presentation, please come up to the microphone there as we are recording the event via audio. Please also make sure that your question is, in fact, a question [laughter] if you have a dissertation, we do have a selfpublishing arm. [laughter] well have a signing for the book up at the front at this table here after the event. If you do not yet have a copy, we have plenty available for sale at the regist