{"id":20228,"date":"2020-09-25T14:17:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T19:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/?p=20228"},"modified":"2022-06-13T10:16:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T15:16:53","slug":"convict-9653-at-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/index.php\/2020\/09\/25\/convict-9653-at-100\/","title":{"rendered":"(2020) Convict 9653 at 100"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Update: The recorded and captioned program is now available to stream <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9Lilki6z9uE\">at this link<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_27755\"  width=\"1170\" height=\"658\"  data-origwidth=\"1170\" data-origheight=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Lilki6z9uE?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>100 years ago, Eugene V. Debs made his fifth and final bid for the presidency as Convict No. 9653. Imprisoned for condemning war, Debs campaigned from his Atlanta prison cell on issues that still resonate today: \u201creal democracy and self-government and the essential rights and liberties of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/My-Post-5-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20229\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/My-Post-5-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/My-Post-5-324x324.png 324w, https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/My-Post-5-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/My-Post-5-416x416.png 416w, https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/My-Post-5-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/My-Post-5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/My-Post-5-830x830.png 830w, https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/My-Post-5-230x230.png 230w, https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/My-Post-5-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/My-Post-5-480x480.png 480w, https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/My-Post-5-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/My-Post-5.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On October 11th, join the Debs Foundation and Museum for a virtual program to mark this centennial season and connect Debs to our times. We\u2019ll screen the second half of WFYI\u2019s Emmy Award-winning documentary <em>The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs<\/em>, followed by a panel discussion on Debs\u2019 relevance today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Distinguished panelists include <strong>Kim Jacobs<\/strong>, writer and producer of The Revolutionist; <strong>Clayola Brown<\/strong>, President of the A. Philip Randolph Institute and 2012 Debs Award honoree; and <strong>Dr. Ernest Freeberg<\/strong>, Departmental Chair of History at the University of Tennessee and author of <em>Democracy\u2019s Prisoner: Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to Dissent<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are also pleased to welcome <strong>Magpie <\/strong>as our musical guests. Acclaimed duo Terry Leonino and Greg Artzner have performed at multiple Debs Awards Dinners. Tune in for a live performance of an original Debsian song and an old labor favorite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to be featured on the program? Record and submit a short video of yourself responding to this prompt: What does Eugene V. Debs mean to you in 2020? <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/request\/dbzJZrficvGoldYAJYGH?fbclid=IwAR2QujD2wUOrrVwoxkgtMORYFHnqcwt1baueqqN50dLcoSxitfi9hVZLrss\" target=\"_blank\">Upload your video here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cConvict 9653 at 100\u201d will stream live on <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/EugeneVDebsFoundation\">our Facebook page&nbsp;<\/a>on <strong>October 11th at 3 pm Eastern<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fb.me\/e\/1za181ena\">RSVP and invite your friends here. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: The recorded and captioned program is now available to stream at this link. 100 years ago, Eugene V. Debs made his fifth and final bid for the presidency as Convict No. 9653. Imprisoned for condemning war, Debs campaigned from his Atlanta prison cell on issues that still resonate today: \u201creal democracy and self-government and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-foundation","category-history","category-museum"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20228"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49621,"href":"https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20228\/revisions\/49621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debsfoundation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}