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Electing Eugene Debs for President
By 19 20, debs watched from prison as free speech became the issue of the day. An amnesty movement was beginning to take shape. The roots of the a c l u were forming. For many eugene debbs was the symbol of democracy under threat. That's why, even as he sat in a prison cell in poor health, the socialist party chose debs to run for president again.