Eugene V. Debs Reader

"This selection of Debs' words will help introduce a new generation to an authentic American hero whose vision is as powerful today as in years past. Times have changed but the fundamental injustices which so moved Debs continue to cry out. If we seek to honor Eugene V. Debs, we should not lament his passing but, rather like him, organize" Howard Zinn -- Cover. Trade unionist, Socialist, Presindetial candidate, jailed anti-war activist: Eugene V. Debs was all of these and more. tHis career spanned two centuries, from the Gilded Age into the roaring 1920s. Debs' radical presence was uniquely American. More than half a century after this voice of the voiceless fell silent, the former railroad worker still have much to offer--Cover.