His return to his hometown of terre haute, indiana following his release from prison by president harding after a federal conviction stemming from the war protests. And tonight were in terre haute in the debs home and museum. Let me introduce you to our guests. Earnest freebuerg. Why do we care about him . Debs was one of the most important labor leaders at a crucial time of conflict between labor and capital. But more importantly, he was the central figure in the socialist movement at a time when it was a viable growing and important part of the american political call chu v culture. Does he have a Lasting Legacy . Like many third party candidates, they managed to move the conversation in very important directions that have affected the development of american democracy. So in that car, he is of his time but also at a long impact on us as well. And well have time to delve into some of the elections more deeply later on, but of the fire bids he made for the white house, any particularl
Us throughout the program tonight. His book is call, its been 85 since debs died. Why do we care about him . Debs is one of the labor leaders at a crucial time and a conflict between labor and capital, but more importantly, he was the central figure in the socialist movement at a time when it was a viable, growing and important part of the american political culture. So is he interesting as a snapshot in time or do you think he has a lasting legacy, do you think . Like many thirdparty candidates he and his fellow socialists managed to move the conversation in very important directions that have affected the development of american democracy ever since. So in that regard he is of his time, but he has also had a long impact on us, as well. We will have time to delve into some of the elections more deeply later on, but of the five bids he made for the white house, are any particularly significant . Two for very different reasons. The 1912 bid represents the high watermark of socialism whe
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Looking at 67 in San Francisco, 73 in oakland, 81 for san jose and topping out at 88 for concord. We are going to see a High Pressure system moving in and that means temperatures will be on the rise this week and i will have the full forecast coming up in a few minutes. We are keeping an eye on the huge wildfire burning near gilroy. It blew up overnight, more than doubling in size. It is now 5400 acres and is just 20 contained. It has been a real tough firefight with the gusty winds that they have been dealing with. You saw the aftermath of one property. Two homes have burned so far and 70 people have been evacuated from their homes. The first fire was reported before 3 00 on sunday, just east of highway 101 near cruise road it has been burning in a remote area. Fire crews have been dropping fire retardant and water from the sky and now they are moving to an area near henrico state park trying to make sure that the fire does not get close to highway 152 very popular. The cause of re l