At the turn of the 20th century, a fivetime candidate for president on the socialist ticket and the nations most celebrated world war i protester. This december, 1921 footage captures debs on his return to his hometown of terre haute, indiana following his release from prison by president Warren Harding after a federal conviction stemming from those war protests. Tonight we are in terre haute in the debs home and museum. Let me introduce you to one of our two guests, Ernest Freeberg, a debs biographer, whose book is called, dempseys prisoner. It has been 85 years since debs died, why do we care about him . He was one of the most important labor leaders at a crucial time of conflict between labor and capital. More importantly, he was the central figure in a socialist movement at a time when it was a viable, growing, and important part of the american political culture. Is he interesting as a snapshot in time or does he have a Lasting Legacy . Like many thirdparty candidates, he and his
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Mikhail khodorkovsky is here. He was until recently, russias most famous prisoner. President putin pardoned him in december, after more than 10 years of imprisonment. He was an oligarch who became wealthy in the era of soviet crony capitalism. When masked men arrested him, he was russias richest man and the chairman of yukos oil. He and his partner, Platon Lebedev, were convicted of charges of tax fraud and embezzlement in two widely criticized trials. Amnesty international declared them prisoners of conscience trapped in judicial cortex the answer to political, not legal consideration. His story has come to symbolize russias turn to authoritarianism under putin. In an impassioned closing arguments following his second trial, he told the judge, your honor, much more than our two fates are in your hands. Here and now, the fate of every citizen in our country is being decided. He has lived in selfimposed exile in switzerland since
i ¿ from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Mikhail khodorkovsky is here. He was until recently, russias most famous prisoner. President putin pardoned him in december, after more than 10 years of imprisonment. He was an oligarch who became wealthy in the era of soviet crony capitalism. When masked men arrested him, he was russias richest man and the chairman of yukos oil. He and his partner, Platon Lebedev, were convicted of charges of tax fraud and embezzlement in two widely criticized trials. Amnesty international declared them prisoners of conscience trapped in judicial cortex the answer to political, not legal consideration. His story has come to symbolize russias turn to authoritarianism under putin. In an impassioned closing arguments following his second trial, he told the judge, your honor, much more than our two fates are in your hands. Here and now, the fate of every citizen in our country is being decided. He has lived in selfimposed exile in switzerland s
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Mikhail khodorkovsky is here. He was until recently, russias most famous prisoner. President putin pardoned him in december, after more than 10 years of imprisonment. He was an oligarch who became wealthy in the era of soviet crony capitalism. When masked men arrested him at gunpoint in 2003, he was russias richest man and the chairman of yukos oil. He and his partner, Platon Lebedev, were convicted of charges of tax fraud and embezzlement in two widely criticized trials. Amnesty international declared them prisoners of conscience trapped in judicial cortex the answer to political, not legal consideration. His story has come to symbolize russias turn to authoritarianism under putin. In an impassioned closing arguments following his second trial, he told the judge, your honor, much more than our two fates are in your hands. Here and now, the fate of every citizen in our country is being decided. He has lived in selfimposed exile i
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Mikhail khodorkovsky is here. He was until recently, russias most famous prisoner. President putin pardoned him in december, after more than 10 years of imprisonment. He was an oligarch who became wealthy in the era of soviet crony capitalism. When masked men arrested him, he was russias richest man and the chairman of yukos oil. He and his partner, Platon Lebedev, were convicted of charges of tax fraud and embezzlement in two widely criticized trials. Amnesty international declared them prisoners of conscience trapped in judicial cortex the answer to political, not legal consideration. His story has come to symbolize russias turn to authoritarianism under putin. In an impassioned closing arguments following his second trial, he told the judge, your honor, much more than our two fates are in your hands. Here and now, the fate of every citizen in our country is being decided. He has lived in selfimposed exile in switzerland since