Ran the last time while he was in a jail cell because of his opposition to World War I and got a million votes doing that. Debs lost badly in every race that he ran. In 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt ran for president. And much of what Roosevelt ended up doing was at least some of what Debs had talked about. Debs helped lay the groundwork for ideas. So sometimes you can lose and win if you're into transforming society. What my view is, where I disagree with Obama is I think you have got to raise consciousness among ordinary people. (32:09–32:19)
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Asserts that FDR's policies were influenced by Eugene Victor Debs' ideas.
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