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Eugene V. Debs
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Eugene V. Debs:A Graphic Biography
by Noah Van Sciver
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A graphic biography of socialist labor legend Eugene V. Debs
Eugene Victor Debs led the Socialist Party in the early twentieth-century to federal and state office across the country, helped to pioneer a fighting union politics that organized all workers, and became the beloved figurehead of American radicalism. Imprisoned for speaking out against World War I, Debs ran for president from prison, receiving over one million votes. Debs’s story is the story of labor battles in industrializing America, of a socialist politics grown directly out of the American Midwest heartland, and of a distinctly American vision of socialism.
With the campaign of Bernie Sanders, the rise of mass movements like Occupy and Black Lives Matter, and the Wall Street Crash of , socialism has once again made itself felt in American politics. This graphic biography, published in collaboration with the Democratic Socialists of America—whose growing membership, spurred by Trump’s election and Bernie Sanders’ campaign, has reached heights not seen among socialist parties since the s—is geared toward a new
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Eugene V. Debs
American labor and political leader (–)
Eugene V. Debs | |
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Debs, c. | |
| In office April 17, &#;– June 15, | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| In office July 13, &#;– February 1, | |
| Preceded by | William N. Sayre |
| Succeeded by | Frank W. Arnold |
| In office January 8, &#;– January 6, Serving with Reuben Butz | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Multi-member district |
| In office – | |
| Born | Eugene Victor Debs ()November 5, Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | October 20, () (aged&#;70) Elmhurst, Illinois, U.S. |
| Resting place | Highland Lawn Cemetery |
| Political party | |
| Spouse | Kate Metzel &#; (m.&#;)&#; |
| Relatives | Theodore Debs (brother) |
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Eugene Victor Debs (November 5, – October 20, ) was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States.[1] 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.
Early in his political