Eugene Victor Debs (November 5, 1855 - October 20, 1926) on Learning and Social Change(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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“At every turn the question recurs, “What can workingmen do for themselves?” The question demands an answer, and unbidden a thousand are ready. We have not space for them. Let each workingman answer for himself. For one, we say the workingman can educate himself.”
Source: "What Can We Do for Working People," by Eugene V. Debs, Unsigned article attributed to Debs, published in: Locomotive Firemen?s Magazine (Terre Haute, IN), v. 14, no. 4 (April 1890), pp. 291-293.
"What Can We Do for Working People," by Eugene V. Debs, Unsigned article attributed to Debs, published in: Locomotive Firemen?s Magazine (Terre Haute, IN), v. 14, no. 4 (April 1890), pp. 291-293.
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