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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  • NoYouLogOff [he/him, they/them]
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    1 year ago

    Ayo finished Metal Gear Solid for the first time, I did end up beating Metal Gear beforehand as well. I can see why the series is popular, the story elements were interesting and the formula of having this cast of characters lecture me every new room is strangely addicting. The obsession with genes is very pop sci and weird, of course.

    • Poogona [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      I think it comes down to the fact that Kojima is underneath it all a committed artist. He develops intellectual interests and pours them into his games without asking your permission, and for most people this makes his games endearing and earnest in a way that is hard to find in a big budget title.

      I didn't really vibe with 5 for that reason, it felt like a lot of the crunchiness of his past games had been sifted out in favor of a more prestige tv vibe, but there were a few very welcome glimmers of that Kojima essence. I loved the codec convos of Kaz trying to make the perfect burger for the parasitologist and their back-and-forths about how many artificial flavors should be in the ideal burg that spiral into pontifications about the relationship between technological development and our desire for "honest" living.

    • DayOfDoom [any, any]
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      1 year ago

      A lot of that is likely how hard it was to get real, deep science info pre-internet. If you wanted to know a lot of science you had to basically be a scientist or do the work of one traveling to libraries, likely university libraries, etc. etc. Or have a scientist friend as a constant reference. I was reading an interview with the Ghost In The Shell manga creator and when he wasn't drawing manga he was reading science journals and stuff.