EUGENE V. DEBS

The Socialist Party of Oregon's archive on Eugene Debs

November 5 is the birthday of Eugene V. Debs, one of the most important figures in American history to be systematically excised by this nation's history text books.

Eaample stuff by Debs:

"It is precisely because it is the mission of industrial unionism to unite the workers in harmonious cooperation in the industries in which they are employed, and by their enlightened interdependence and self-imposed discipline prepare them for industrial mastery and self-control when the hour strikes, thereby backing up with their economic power the verdict they render at the ballot box, it is precisely because of this fact that every Socialist, every class-conscious worker should be an industrial unionist and strive by all the means at his command to unify the workers in the all-embracing bonds of industrial unionism."