Eugene Victor Debs (November 5, 1855 - October 20, 1926) on Workers and The Social Movement(published by RevoltSource) |
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American Socialist, Political Activist, Trade Unionist, Founding Member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), Five Times the Presidental Candidate of the Socialist Party
: ....an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. Through his presidential candidacies as well as his work with labor movements, Debs eventually became one of the best-known socialists living in the United States. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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“And so we must dispel the petty prejudices that are born of the differences of the past, and I am of those who believe that, if we get together in the true working-class spirit, most of these differences will disappear, and if those of us who have differed in the past are willing to accord to each other that degree of conciliation that we ourselves feel that we are entitled to, that we will forget these differences, we will approach all of the problems that confront us with our intelligence combined, acting together in concert, all animated by the same high resolve to form that great union, so necessary to the working class, without which their condition remains as it is, and with which, when made practical and vitalized and renewed, the working class is permeated with the conquering spirit of the class struggle, and as if by magic the entire movement is vitalized, and side by side and shoulder to shoulder in a class-conscious phalanx we move forward to certain and complete victory.”
Source: "Speech at the Founding Convention of the Industrial Workers of the World," by Eugene V. Debs, Chicago, June 29, 1905, from: Industrial Workers of the World Founding Convention Minutes.
"Speech at the Founding Convention of the Industrial Workers of the World," by Eugene V. Debs, Chicago, June 29, 1905, from: Industrial Workers of the World Founding Convention Minutes.
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