Eugene Debs and the U.S. Socialist Tradition
Socialism 2016
July 01, 2016
With Marlene Martin
Eugene Debs, as James Cannon said, did more to "Americanize Socialism" than anyone else. He was a union man who came to join the Socialist Party, a party whose membership at one point stood at 130,000 members. He spoke with biting sarcasm about the Capitalist class and was beloved amoung workers. Come learn about his important influcence in the formation of the first Socialist Party in America.