EUGENE VICTOR DEBS (1855-1926) was one of the greatest and most articulate advocates of workers’ power to have ever lived. During the early years of the labor movement in the United States, Debs was far ahead of his times, leading the formation of the American Railway Union (ARU) and the American Socialist Party.

Debs was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, on November 5, 1855. He left home at 14 to work on the railroad and soon became interested in union activity. As president of the American Railway Union, he led a successful strike against the Great Northern Railroad in 1894. Two months later he was jailed for his role in a strike against the Chicago Pullman Palace Car Company. While in jail, Socialist and future Congressman Victor Berger talked with Debs and introduced him to the ideas of Marx and socialism. When he was released from prison, he announced that he was a Socialist.

He soon formed the Social Democratic Party, which eventually became the Socialist Party in 1901. He became their perennial presidential candidate. He ran on the Socialist ticket in 1904, 1908, 1912, and 1920 when he received his highest popular vote—about 915,000 (3.4%)—from within a prison cell. He had been arrested once again, this time for “sedition”; because he opposed World War I. Many Socialists were imprisoned during this time because they felt that the war was being fought for the profits of the rich, but with the blood of the poor. Debs was fortunately released in 1921.

Debs died in Elmhurst, Illinois, on October 20, 1926, but he is remembered to this day by countless labor activists from all over the political spectrum. The Eugene V. Debs Foundation works to continue his legacy into the 21st century...

To learn more about Debs and his life, read Stephen Marion Reynolds’ Biography of Eugene V. Debs for a full accounting of his life and times.

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  • moonlake [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Finished playing Jedi Fallen Order (2019) yesterday. I'm feeling a strong 8 on this one flannel-yellow

    I'm not the biggest star wars guy but if your universe has a stinky plant named Skungus, that's 10/10 worldbuilding. The motion capture and voice acting is good. The player character and his little robot are nice and likeable. I didn't care much about the side characters, they were a bit one-dimensional. The game looks really good and polished. This is the first game that I ever played on my gamer PC so I was pogging the entire time. che-poggers

    My major criticism is that the combat got a bit frustrating at times. The player character and his combat animations often feel slow and unresponsive. It often happened that I dodged an attack but got hit by it anyway. But other than that it was good. It's fun using the force to push dudes off a cliff, I was doing it all the time.

    Overall it was really fun and I enjoyed it. I did a bunch of side stuff, put around 28 hours into it. It didn't overstay it's welcome. I'm looking forward to playing the sequel at some point but I have a lot of games to play before that now that I finally have a gamer PC.

    What are yall mfers playing?

      • moonlake [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Thank you for the recc comrade! I definitely need to stop being a lib and play Disco already. However I just got a gamer PC for the first time after years of gaming on shitty laptops so I'm eager to play all the shiny triple A games that I was unable to play. I'm definitely gonna play it tho