Eugene Debs: From Rail Labor Organizer to Socialist Agitator—Lessons for Today
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Allison Duerk, Mark Burrows, and Guy Miller speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2025. This session was sponsored by Railroad Workers United.
After the 1894 Pullman Strike was violently crushed by the federal militia, Debs advocated for socialism to his dying day. Imprisoned for opposing US involvement in WW I, he received almost a million votes for president in 1920. What can we learn from Debs’ evolution and legacy?
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