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Tim Davenport and David Walters have extracted the essential core
of Debs's life work, illustrating his intellectual journey from
conservative editor of the magazine of a racially segregated
railway brotherhood to his role as the public face and outstanding
voice of social revolution in early twentieth-century America. Well
over 1,000 Debs documents will be republished as part of this
monumental project, the vast majority seeing print again for the
first time since the date of their original publication. Eugene V.
Debs (1855-1926) was a trade unionist, magazine editor, and public
orator widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the
history of American socialism.
Eugene V. Debs exploded upon the national scene in 1894 as the
leader of a sensational strike by his American Railway Union (ARU)
against the Pullman Parlor Car Company-a job stoppage which
paralyzed the country's transportation network for nearly two
weeks. On January 1, 1897, the polarizing public figure Debs
declared his allegiance to international socialism, emerging as the
most widely recognized socialist in America. He would thereafter
tour the country relentlessly, speaking to large audiences and
writing hundreds of articles on political and economic themes over
the ensuing three decades. Debs almost singlehandedly established a
new political party, the Social Democracy of America, in the summer
of 1897, building upon the remnants of the depleted ARU. The
organization advanced a double agenda, seeking to promote both
electoral politics and the construction of socialist colonies on
the frontier-a dual focus which led to internal tensions and a
bitter split. In 1898 Debs cast his lot with Milwaukee publisher
Victor L. Berger in a new organization dedicated to political
action, the Social Democratic Party of America. After a split of
the older and larger Socialist Labor Party of America in 1899,
protracted unity discussions between the Debs group and an
organized body of former SLP dissidents ensued. This unity effort
was marked by Debs's first run for president of the United States
on a joint Social Democratic ticket in November 1900. After heated
on-again off-again negotiation between the two groups, a marriage
was finally brokered in the summer of 1901 and the Socialist Party
of America was launched. The party would soon grow to become the
third biggest in American politics, with Debs enthusiastically
heading the Socialist ticket in 1904 in the second of his five runs
for the presidency.
Eugene V. Debs exploded upon the national scene in 1894 as the
leader of a sensational strike by his American Railway Union (ARU)
against the Pullman Parlor Car Company-a job stoppage which
paralyzed the country's transportation network for nearly two
weeks. On January 1, 1897, the polarizing public figure Debs
declared his allegiance to international socialism, emerging as the
most widely recognized socialist in America. He would thereafter
tour the country relentlessly, speaking to large audiences and
writing hundreds of articles on political and economic themes over
the ensuing three decades. Debs almost singlehandedly established a
new political party, the Social Democracy of America, in the summer
of 1897, building upon the remnants of the depleted ARU. The
organization advanced a double agenda, seeking to promote both
electoral politics and the construction of socialist colonies on
the frontier-a dual focus which led to internal tensions and a
bitter split. In 1898 Debs cast his lot with Milwaukee publisher
Victor L. Berger in a new organization dedicated to political
action, the Social Democratic Party of America. After a split of
the older and larger Socialist Labor Party of America in 1899,
protracted unity discussions between the Debs group and an
organized body of former SLP dissidents ensued. This unity effort
was marked by Debs's first run for president of the United States
on a joint Social Democratic ticket in November 1900. After heated
on-again off-again negotiation between the two groups, a marriage
was finally brokered in the summer of 1901 and the Socialist Party
of America was launched. The party would soon grow to become the
third biggest in American politics, with Debs enthusiastically
heading the Socialist ticket in 1904 in the second of his five runs
for the presidency.
An extensive compilation of articles, speeches, press statements,
and open letters by American socialist Eugene V. Debs, this book is
the first in a five volume series that assembles much of Debs's
work for the first time in a single place. The collection makes
readily accessible approximately 150 documents by one of the
pivotal figures in the labor movement. Illuminating nineteenth
century working-class history, particularly the complex and
shifting situation in the transportation industry, this volume
provides a basis for deeper understanding of Debs and his role
later during the glory days of the Socialist Party of America.
Tim Davenport and David Walters have extracted the essential core
of Debs's life work, illustrating his intellectual journey from
conservative editor of the magazine of a racially segregated
railway brotherhood to his role as the public face and outstanding
voice of social revolution in early twentieth-century America. Well
over 1,000 Debs documents will be republished as part of this
monumental project, the vast majority seeing print again for the
first time since the date of their original publication. Eugene V.
Debs (1855-1926) was a trade unionist, magazine editor, and public
orator widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the
history of American socialism.
An extensive compilation of articles, speeches, press statements,
and open letters by American socialist Eugene V. Debs, this book is
the first in a six volume series that assembles much of Debs's work
for the first time in a single place.
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