Question

primary source 3 - socialist leader and presidential candidate eugene debs said this in an anti - war speech to members of the socialist party of the united states, ohio, june 1918...they have always taught and trained you to believe it to be your patriotic duty to go to war and to have yourselves slaughtered at their command...and let me emphasize the fact that the working class who fight all the battles, the working class who make the supreme sacrifices, the working class who freely shed their blood and furnish the corpses, have never yet had a voice in either declaring war or making peace. it is the ruling class that invariably does both. they alone declare war and they alone make peace...their patriotic duty never takes them to the firing line or chucks them into the trenches. prompt: does debs seem to be arguing for or against people resisting the war? explain.

Explanation:

Debs argues that the working - class fights and sacrifices in wars but has no say in declaring or ending them, while the ruling class makes these decisions without facing the front - line risks. His words imply support for those resisting the war as he questions the fairness of the war system that exploits the working - class.

Answer:

Debs seems to be arguing for people resisting the war. He points out the unfairness of the working class having no voice in war - making decisions while being the ones to fight and sacrifice, suggesting that resistance is a just response to this injustice.