Today in Labor History December 23, 1921: President Warren Harding issued a "Christmas amnesty," freeing Eugene V. Debs and 23 other political prisoners who had been imprisoned for their opposition to World War I under the Sedition Act. Debs was a founding member of the IWW, a socialist, and a 5-time candidate for president of the US. In the 1912 election, he won 6% of the vote. He also led the 1894 Pullman Strike of over 250,000 railroad workers.

In 2023, the U.S. launched its #WithoutJustCause campaign to seek the release of the over 1 million political prisoners around the world, ignoring/denying the fact that it has its own political prisoners, including Mumia Abu-Jamal and Leonard Peltier, who have been in prison through eight different presidencies. None of these eight presidents even considered granting amnesty to them. Will Biden? Not likely.

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RT @NikaGvaramia212: Georgian journalists call on colleagues all over the world to support Nika Gvaramia, a journalist unjustly imprisoned by the Georgian authorities last year.

#FreeNikaGvaramia
#WithoutJustCause

-S https://t.co/MHfhKZhJEq

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/RebHarms/status/1663290925072756737

"Here we share the stories of people who have been imprisoned for exercising their human rights. These individuals highlight the growing authoritarian efforts to silence dissent and suppress fundamental freedoms. Countless political prisoners around the world are subjected to torture, inhumane conditions, enforced disappearance, or other forms of abuse. Their families yearn to be reunited with their imprisoned loved ones. We can’t let that continue."

#WithoutJustCause

https://www.state.gov/withoutjustcause/?s=09