Who was Eugene Debs, and why should we remember him today? This Sunday we will look at the remarkable life of one of America’s most influential labor organizers and socialists, from his early years on the railroad through the Pullman Strike, his imprisonment, his presidential campaigns, and his lifelong commitment to the working class.
Along the way, we will consider the lessons Debs’s life offers us about solidarity, division, justice, courage, and hope. His story reminds us that progress is rarely simple or inevitable, but that change is always possible—and that we are not merely observers of history, but participants in creating what comes next.