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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  • stigsbandit34z [they/them]
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    1 year ago

    Anyone mind helping with some investigative work? I’m trying to find where this site gets its funding because it is affiliated with a shit ton of orgs and claims “grassroots” status

    But this reeks of DNC shit

    • cricbuzz [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Here are the results of the DNS lookup of that domain: https://whois.domaintools.com/movementbuilders.us.

      It looks like the admin is James Bradach tied to an org called "People's Action" in Chicago. Didn't do much digging beyond that but looking into people's action may be your next step.

      Domain Name: movementbuilders.us Registry Domain ID: D245F381C70B94AF9849E2FBD242D2FCE-NSR Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.squarespace.domains Registrar URL: https://domains.squarespace.com Updated Date: 2023-10-03T21:37:53Z Creation Date: 2019-09-28T17:56:17Z Registry Expiry Date: 2024-09-28T17:56:17Z Registrar: Squarespace Domains II LLC Registrar IANA ID: 895 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.6466935324 Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited Registry Registrant ID: C56593E10F48D41268C7854AFB3A023A7-NSR Registrant Name: James Bradach Registrant Organization: People's Action Registrant Street: 2125 W North Ave Registrant Street: Fl 3 Registrant Street: Registrant City: Chicago Registrant State/Province: IL Registrant Postal Code: 60647 Registrant Country: US Registrant Phone: +1.3122433035 Registrant Phone Ext: Registrant Fax: Registrant Fax Ext: Registrant Email: Registrant Application Purpose: P2 Registrant Nexus Category: C21 Registry Admin ID: C56593E10F48D41268C7854AFB3A023A7-NSR Admin Name: James Bradach Admin Organization: People's Action Admin Street: 2125 W North Ave Admin Street: Fl 3 Admin Street: Admin City: Chicago Admin State/Province: IL Admin Postal Code: 60647 Admin Country: US Admin Phone: +1.3122433035 Admin Phone Ext: Admin Fax: Admin Fax Ext: Admin Email: Admin Application Purpose: P2 Admin Nexus Category: C21 Registry Tech ID: C56593E10F48D41268C7854AFB3A023A7-NSR Tech Name: James Bradach Tech Organization: People's Action Tech Street: 2125 W North Ave Tech Street: Fl 3 Tech Street: Tech City: Chicago Tech State/Province: IL Tech Postal Code: 60647 Tech Country: US Tech Phone: +1.3122433035 Tech Phone Ext: Tech Fax: Tech Fax Ext: Tech Email: Tech Application Purpose: P2 Tech Nexus Category: C21 Name Server: ns-1750.awsdns-26.co.uk Name Server: ns-584.awsdns-09.net Name Server: ns-425.awsdns-53.com Name Server: ns-1296.awsdns-34.org DNSSEC: unsigned URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/