Eugene V. Debs
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Eugene Victor Debs was an American socialist activist and trade unionist. He was one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World and a five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of
Debs, c. 1912
Debs as a young man
Striking American Railway Union (ARU) members confront Illinois National Guard troops in Chicago during Debs's rebellion in 1894.
Seven of the eight officers of the American Railway Union jailed in connection with the 1894 Pullman Strike. (Standing, L-R): George W. Howard, Martin J. Elliott, Sylvester Keliher. (Seated, L-R): William E. Burns, James Hogan, Roy M. Goodwin, Eugene V. Debs. Not Shown: L. W. Rogers.
Theodore Debs
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Theodore Debs was an American socialist and political activist. Debs is best remembered as the personal secretary and political confidant of his older brother, socialist orator and journalist Eugene V
Eugene V. Debs
…Party of the United States. Debs was elected to the National Executive Board, the five-member committee which governed the party, and his brother, Theodore Debs, was selected as its paid executive secretary, handling day-to-day affairs of the organization. Although by no means the sole decision-maker in the…
Theodore began his working career as an office assistant helping with the production of Locomotive Firemen's Magazine, a monthly edited by his brother.
Theodore Debs (left) taking dictation from his brother Eugene V. Debs aboard the 1908 Red Special campaign train.