The Selected Works of Eugene V. Debs Vol. III: The Path to a Socialist Party, 1897-1904 Davenport Tim
The Selected Works of Eugene V. Debs Vol. III: The Path to a Socialist Party, 1897-1904 Davenport Tim Eugene V. On January 1, 1897, the polarizing public figure Debs declared his allegiance to…
Specifikacia The Selected Works of Eugene V. Debs Vol. III: The Path to a Socialist Party, 1897-1904 Davenport Tim
The Selected Works of Eugene V. Debs Vol. III: The Path to a Socialist Party, 1897-1904 Davenport Tim
Eugene V. On January 1, 1897, the polarizing public figure Debs declared his allegiance to international socialism, emerging as the most widely recognized socialist in America. 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.
The organization advanced a double agenda, seeking to promote both electoral politics and the construction of socialist 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.