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Eugene Victor Debs

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born

in Terre Haute, Indiana, The United States

November 05, 1855

died

October 20, 1926

gender

male

website

http://www.eugenevdebs.com/

genre

Politics, Labor, Ethics

influences

Jesus, Victor Hugo, Eugene Sue, Karl Marx

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Eugene Victor Debs was an American union leader, a founding member of the International Labor Union & the Industrial Workers of the World, as well as candidate for President as a member of the Social Democratic Party in 1900. He was presidential candidate of the Socialist Party of America in 1904, 1908, 1912 & 1920. Thru his candidacies & work with labor movements, he became one of the best-known socialists in the world.
Debs initially was a Democrat. He was elected to the Indiana General Assembly in 1884. After working with smaller unions like the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, he was instrumental in the founding of the American Railway Union, the nation's 1st industrial union. As a ARU member, he was imprisoned in 1894 whe...more

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Eugene Victor Debs's Books

Average rating: 4.23 · 61 ratings · 5 reviews · 12 distinct works · Similar authors

	Eugene V. Debs Speaks 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1994	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writings of Eugene V. Debs 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walls and Bars: Prisons and Prison Life in the Land of the Free by Eugene Victor Debs, David Dellinger (introduction) 3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1927 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Labor and Freedom 4.71 of 5 stars 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1916 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gentle Rebel: Letters of Eugene V. Debs by Eugene Victor Debs, J. Robert Constantine 4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eugene V. Debs Reader: Socialism and the Class Struggle by Eugene Victor Debs, William A. Pelz 4.6 of 5 stars 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2000	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Debs: His Life, Writings and Speeches 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters of Eugene V. Debs: 3 Vols by Eugene Victor Debs, J. Robert Constantine (editor), J Constantine 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Political Appeal to American Workers 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unionism and Socialism 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Eugene Victor Debs

“I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence.”
― Eugene Victor Debs

tags: aristocracy, capitalism, feudalism, inequality, justice, labor, poverty, wealth

92 people liked it

“I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth; I am a citizen of the world. ”
― Eugene Victor Debs

tags: anti-militarism, anti-nationalism, compassion, humanity, universal-love

74 people liked it

“In every age it has been the tyrant, the oppressor and the exploiter who has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism, or religion, or both to deceive and overawe the People."

(Canton, OH, Anti-War Speech, June 16, 1918)”
― Eugene Victor Debs, Voices of a People's History of the United States

tags: deception, exploitation, fundamentalism, oppression, patriotism, religion, tyranny

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