Eugene V. Debs

Eugene V. Debs

Eugene Victor "Gene" Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American union leader, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies), and several times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. Through his presidential candidacies, as well as his work with labor movements, Debs eventually became one of the best-known socialists living in the United States.

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    While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.
    Eugene V. Debs (1855–1926)

    While there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.
    Eugene V. Debs (1855–1926)