Books by Eugene Victor Debs
“Debs was a socialist and labor organizer, a radical but also a politician. He ran for public office many times, including for President of the United States on the Socialist Party ticket. He also spent time in prison. One of the things you get in a lot of prison abolitionist writings, and certainly in Walls and Bars, is an emphasis on how often imprisonment is used as a method of political repression. It’s a way for those in power to neutralize popular leaders who dissent or are resisting the way society is currently organized. As a radical labor organizer, Debs was often strongly at odds with those in power and found himself in prison as a result.” Read more...
The best books on Prison Abolition
Tommie Shelby, Philosopher
Interviews where books by Eugene Victor Debs were recommended
The best books on Prison Abolition, recommended by Tommie Shelby
With almost two million people in prison in the US on any given day, it’s clear that something is going badly wrong. The question is what to do about it. Harvard philosopher Tommie Shelby talks us through five books by thinkers of the past 150 years who have argued that abolishing prisons is the only solution.
