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Aug 14, 2023 · The Marxists Internet Archive is proudly mirroring the Eugene V. Debs Internet Archive, started by Socialist Party member John Metz in July of 2001. This year is also the 100th anniversary of the the Socialist Party of America, the party founded by Debs. We’ve reformated the text to meet Marxists Internet Archive standards, but all other ...
Aug 4, 2023 · Labor leader, socialist, and five-time presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs (1855–1926) had a twofold relationship with the First Amendment. First, as a member of an unpopular minority, he appealed for protection under the Amendment. Second, as a labor organizer, he was at the forefront of workers’ appeals for statutory protection in an ...
Jun 22, 2020 · Eugene Victor Debs was born on November 5, 1855, in Terre Haute, Indiana, to Marguerite Bettrich and Jean Daniel Debs, two immigrants from Alsace, France. They came to the U.S. in 1849 and worked ...
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs. Special | 56m 49s |. My List. Alternately loved and reviled, Eugene Debs was a passionate labor leader and a formidable speaker in a time of great change in the ...
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Eugene V. Debs was born in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1855 to a family of French Alsatian immigrants. Making his way in the railroad industry, Debs formed the American Railway Union in 1892. Two years later he found himself leading one of the largest strikes in American history — the great Pullman strike. When its workers refused to accept a pay ...
Political Activist. Debs’ first experience in politics was as a young man in Terre Haute, where he served two terms as City Clerk beginning in 1879. In 1884, he ran successfully as a Democrat to represent Terre Haute in the Indiana General Assembly. History considers the 1885 State Assembly a productive legislature, but Debs did not see it ...
Sep 22, 2019 · Eugene V. Debs was a force in American politics a century before Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders would campaign for the White House as a democratic socialist. Accessibility statement Skip to main ...
