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POVERTY AWARENESS QUOTE 10 OF 12 Friday, January 27, 2023

"I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence." - Eugene Debs

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I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence.

Eugene Debs

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The Unsung History of Heartland Socialism

While often overlooked, the spirit of socialism has coursed through the American Midwest ever since the movement emerged in the 19th century. It continues to animate the region’s political landscape today.

On a midsummer afternoon in June 1918, Eugene Debs stepped into a gazebo nestled under the trees of Nimisilla Park in Canton, Ohio, to deliver the speech that would land him in prison. The Socialist Party leader looked out on a crowd of 1,200 gathered among tamaracks and sugar maples as he castigated imperial war and the capitalist class, calling socialism ​“the mightiest movement in the history of mankind.”

Socialism ​“has made it possible for me to take my place side by side with you in the great struggle for the better day,” Debs proclaimed. ​“I am kin to all that throbs; to be class-conscious, and to realize that, regardless of nationality, race, creed, color or sex … every member of the working class, without an exception, is my comrade, my brother and sister.” 

Before speaking to the crowd, Debs went to the local courthouse to visit a group of socialists imprisoned for voicing their political beliefs. Two weeks later, Debs would join them, jailed under the Espionage Act for speaking out against the horrors of World War I in his Canton speech. He remained incarcerated for more than two years and ran for president from his cell on the Socialist Party ticket, garnering nearly a million votes. 

Debs was a child of the Midwest, where his commitment to a multiracial working-class movement was forged. He was born in Terre Haute, Ind., and served as city clerk and later a representative in the state assembly. He became a railroad worker and founded the American Railway Union, then helped lead Chicago’s 1894 Pullman strike, known as ​“the Debs Rebellion.” It was violently broken up by federal forces and resulted in Debs’ first stretch in prison. 

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Gene Debs is probably the most iconic figure in the history of American radicalism. He was the great evangelist for the Socialist Party of America during its period of greatest popular support. He ran for president five times, twice racking up over nine hundred thousand votes in third-party electoral efforts. He, thus, is symbolic of a promising electoral past, of an attempt to remake the country through the ballot box that never quite achieved its goal or implemented its program, but which remains a promise of sorts for the future.

Tim Davenport

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The Young Eugene V. Debs

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POVERTY AWARENESS MONTH QUOTE 10

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Wednesday, January 22, 2025

"I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence."  - Eugene Debs

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