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Truly fascinating edition of Great Lives | Reginald D Hunter selects Eugene V Debs Another one of those great #radical #progressive voices #airbrushed out of history barley mentioned in #popularculture , #libraries or #schools due to a #manufactured policy of deliberate #ommision by the #elites who still find his ideas and voice too #UnAmerican and too #dangerous for the #massess to hear or read [1]. This programme gives huge insight into why somone who ran five times for the American presidency ( once as Convict No. 9653, the only candidate to ever run for US president from a prison cell ) as a #Socialist on behalf of the #American #masses and #underclass remains almost forgotten and #marginalised to this day His ideas on #womensrights #civilrights #racialequality #socialjustice #socialequality remain more #relevant and #vibrant now than they did even then ____________________________________________________________ Appendix [1].No known sound recordings of American socialist and labor leader Eugene V. Debs exist. Although he lived until 1926, well into the era of phonograph technology, his impassioned, off-the-cuff speaking style—often projecting his voice over massive outdoor crowds—was never successfully captured. Additionally, his suppression under the Espionage Act may have deterred recording ______________________________________________________________ https://lnkd.in/ebFXTQzp