Socialist Party USA
The Socialist Party USA, "strive to establish a radical democracy that places people's live under their own control" They started in 1901 and ended in the year of 1972. The political party has received many different degrees of support throughout the years. Their candidates have also competed against some other candidates from the Republican and the Democratic parties. Socialist members of Congress were, surprisingly, denied their seats in the Congress even after the special elections returned them to Congress. There was a man going by the name of Debs who ran for president in 1920 after being sent to federal prison about an anti-war speech in Canton, Ohio. He was found guilty for violating the Espionage Act. He was said to get over a million votes for president that year with the slogan which read "Vote for Convict #9653." The Espionage Act was an attempt to deal with the climate created in the US due to World War 1. It was one of the most controversial laws ever passed in the US and was also formally known as the Sedition Act of 1917. Back to Debs, when he was released from prison for the Christmas of 1921, his poor health reflected on the poor health of the party. Later the party ended up dying.
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