Eugene Victor Debs (November 5, 1855 - October 20, 1926) on Elections and The Masses(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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“... when the club of a policeman descends upon the head of a workingman he hears the echo of the vote he cast at the preceding election.”
Source: "Class Unionism," by Eugene V. Debs, Delivered: South Chicago, November 24, 1905; First Published: 1905; Revised by the Author and Re-issued October, 1909, Source: Class Unionism, CHARLES H. KERR & COMPANY Co-operative.
"Class Unionism," by Eugene V. Debs, Delivered: South Chicago, November 24, 1905; First Published: 1905; Revised by the Author and Re-issued October, 1909, Source: Class Unionism, CHARLES H. KERR & COMPANY Co-operative.
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