Take You Stand, Beseech God For Right Change Aug 24, 2008
Eugene V. Debs stated that when great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. The minority are right. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Critics' Picks Aug 2, 2008
Gianvito devotes a little meditative chunk of time to each of them, capturing not just the final resting places of Eugene V. Debs and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Malcolm X and victims of the Homestead strike and King Philip's War, along with others almost entirely forgotten by history, but also the grass, trees, light and life that carry on around them. The effect is hypnotic, transcendent and highly mysterious. (Salon)
SUPREMES TO RULE ON GUN RIGHTS Jun 26, 2008
Supreme Court Gun Ban Ruling Expected Tomorrow - D.C. Wire. Subscribe to this Blog. (The Drudge Report)
Labor press group meets in Waterloo Jun 26, 2008
Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack will be receiving the Eugene V. Debs award at the awards banquet Thursday night at the Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center. Other recipients to receive this honor in the past include United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger, Sen. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Attendee Describes Obama Meeting at Home of William Ayers Jun 8, 2008
"Palmer could not be reached for comment for this story. Obama and Palmer had a falling out. After losing the Democratic congressional primary to Jesse Jackson Jr., Palmer decided to try to regain her state Senate seat. At that point, Obama took legal action to keep her off the ballot.Young has been a long-time advocate for a single-payer healthcare system, and said he has attended the annual "Debs Dinner" in Chicago, named for the Socialist Party's presidential candidate in the 1900s, Eugene V.... (CNSnews.com)
Former Labor Press editor Klare dies Jun 7, 2008
Klare was born Oct. 12, 1926, on an Indiana farm, and at his grandfather's request, he was named for Eugene V. Debs, a founder of the International Workers of the World and five-time presidential candidate. At 12, Klare knew he wanted to be a newspaperman. (OregonLive, OR -- Business)
Book review: "Defying Dixie" Jan 7, 2008
But "Defying Dixie" sometimes assumes that readers are already familiar with a panoply of otherwise unidentified groups and individuals: One page makes a passing reference to "the 1880s Knights of Labor Constitution," and the next presumes knowledge of both Eugene V. Debs and Upton Sinclair. Gilmore also sometimes speeds past an event that cries out for more explanation, as when she devotes only a brief paragraph to what she calls "the first Southern interracial conference that dared endorse... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
You Deride 2007 Oct 13, 2007
Eventually, it included such lesser lights as Gary Coleman, Gallagher, some porn star, Eugene V. Debs and, I am not making this up, a representative from the Ferret Legalization Party of California who was castigated by Rudy Giuliani as having "a mentally twisted concern with little weasels" and being "in need of professional help." In related news, Giuliani believes we should stay the course in Iraq, lest the ferrets follow us home or ally with stingrays to form an unstoppable amphibious... (The Daily Princetonian, NJ)
The Strange Career of Affirmative Action Sep 3, 2007
As for East Coast immigrant labor, the celebrated socialist leader Eugene V. Debs once complained. THE FULL WSJ.com ARTICLE IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS. IF YOU ARE ALREADY A SUBSCRIBER, PLEASE LOG IN AT THE TOP RIGHT OF THE PAGE.. (Wall Street Journal)
'By the sweat of their brows' Sep 1, 2007
Organized by Eugene V. Debs the workers went on strike. President Grover Cleveland, troubled by the mounting ferocity of the workers' protests, sent national troops to disband them. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
The History Of Labor Day Aug 31, 2007
The striking Pullman Palace Car Co. workers quickly won the support of the American Railway Union, led by Gompers's rival Eugene V. Debs. Railroad traffic in much of the country was paralyzed. (Forbes)
Ignoring the undertones of socialism Jul 30, 2007
From the red-baiting that Eugene V. Debs faced to the extremity of the McCarthyism era, the West continues to stigmatize socialists as "others," marginalizing their ideas and movements. Socialism, however, should not be cast aside so easily. (The Daily Texan, TX)
Ruth Moore is turning 108 with no sign of slowing down Jul 26, 2007
Eugene V. Debs announced that he was a candidate representing the Socialist Party. McKinley was president of the U.S. A San Francisco man claimed x-rays had cured his cancer but he was not believed by many. (Navasota Examiner, TX)
No absolutes seen in balancing speech, security May 9, 2007
He cited historical examples such as the Alien and Sedition Acts, passed during the early days of the United States, and the incarceration of Socialist Eugene V. Debs for make a speech criticizing U.S. involvement in World War I.. Douglas said one possible reason for such abuses is that, when the nation is threatened, "the natural inclination is in the direction of order." But he said classification of documents also can be used to suppress information embarrassing to the national... (Journal Inquirer, CT)
DN: Chomsky/Zinn Interview pt.2 Apr 19, 2007
One of Eugene V. Debs: While there is a lower class, I am in it; and while there is a criminal element, I am of it; and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. And Henry David Thoreau: When the subject has refused allegiance and the officer has resigned his office, then the revolution is accomplished. (Zmag.org)
Vonnegut's influence will last forever Apr 17, 2007
Vonnegut loved to quote Mark Twain, Jesus, and former American Socialist Party leader Eugene V. Debs. But it was an existential quote from his son Mark Vonnegut, that Kurt seemed most found of, "We are here to help each other get through this thing, whatever it is.". (Daily Iowan, IA)
Dream Seeds Postcard Project Apr 10, 2007
Dream Seeding is a project of Artists for Peace and Eugene V. Debs Cooperative House. Artists for Peace is a small organization dedicated to promoting positive social change through the arts. (Disinformation)
More » Mar 7, 2007
Silva makes cameo appearances in the play as Theodore Roosevelt and Eugene V. Debs, head of the American Socialist party. In another depiction of the event that shook Caldwell more than a century ago, The Idaho Legal History Society is working on a documentary about the Steunenberg assassination set to air on Idaho Public Television this fall. (Nampa Idaho Press-Tribune, ID)
Today in History - March 1 Mar 1, 2007
Attributed to Eugene V. Debs, American socialist leader (1855-1926). 2007 The Associated Press. (MSNBC -- Race)
THOMAS MITCHELL: Insisting on liberty before peril strikes Feb 11, 2007
These ranged from Mollie Steimer, a 4-foot-9, 90-pound Russian immigrant who tossed anti-war fliers from a rooftop, to Eugene V. Debs, who received almost 1 million votes as the Socialist Party presidential candidate in 1912 and ran again while in prison in 1920. Debs' campaign button showed him in prison garb and bore the words: "For President -- Convict No. 9653." He again garnered almost a million votes. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Opinion)
Molly Ivins Loses Battle With Cancer At Age 62 Feb 1, 2007
In 2003, she also won the Pringle Prize for Washington Journalism from Columbia University and the Eugene V. Debs Award in the field of journalism. In 2004, she received the David Brower Award for journalism from the Sierra Club. (MediaWeek.com)
Vt.'s Sanders poised to be 1st Senate socialist Nov 3, 2006
He has long kept a plaque in his Capitol Hill office honoring Eugene V. Debs, founder of the American Socialist Party. But in Vermont, he is known to most simply as Bernie, a towering political figure -- second only to former governor Howard Dean in fame -- who embodies the state's contrarian streak with his rumpled professorial look and unrestrained criticism of mainstream politics. (Boston Globe -- Local)
Firing up the 4th estate Oct 16, 2006
" He also had a sense of humor and didn't find having fun in the news business unethical or unprofessional.Within the last 20 years Robert Cottrell and Andrew Patner published biographies of Stone that were admirable and concise, but a new generation needs details about Eugene V. Debs, H. L. Mencken , and George Seldes, and a volume impressive enough to be required reading in American journalism classes. MacPherson succeeds with a breadth and depth of detail that would make her subject cackle... (Boston Globe)
Running hard -- uphill Oct 9, 2006
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. and former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. M. Jocelyn Elders compete for wall space with campaign memorabilia from some notable third-party candidates of the past: Theodore Roosevelt, Eugene V. Debs, Ralph Nader. Downstairs, a group of young workers - including Alex, the older of Zeese's two sons - staff campaign headquarters. (SunSpot.net)
Leading The Fight for Rights of American Workers Sep 4, 2006
Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926). Debs is most responsible for bringing socialism into the U.S. mainstream. (The Ledger)
David Denby on Upton Sinclair Aug 21, 2006
Eugene V. Debs had formed the Socialist Party of America in 1901, and, in 1904, Sinclair joined up. In those early years of the century, socialism was a kind of militant humanism; Sinclair, like many socialists of the period, believed that the scramble for profits degraded relations between people. (New Yorker)
Today's anti-American leftists betray their own radical heritage Jul 5, 2006
From Eugene V. Debs and Norman Thomas to Paul Robeson and Abbie Hoffman, these agitators proudly quoted Jefferson, Lincoln, or Tom Paine, and agreed with the nations mainstream that Americanism (at least as they defined it) represented the last, best hope of earth ... From Eugene V. Debs and Norman Thomas to Paul Robeson and Abbie Hoffman, these agitators proudly quoted Jefferson, Lincoln, or Tom Paine, and agreed with the nations mainstream that Americanism (at least as they defined... (Townhall.com)
Spotty play for 'U.S.A.' (Jayne Blanchard) Jun 30, 2006
A larger problem is that the vignettes concerning real-life luminaries Wilbur and Orville Wright, Isadora Duncan, Eugene V. Debs, Henry Ford, and Rudolph Valentino are far more poignant and compelling than the flat fictional characters. Although this device worked to great ironic effect in the novel, in the play you're left with a stage full of uninteresting people. (Washington Times)
Leaders & Success Jun 14, 2006
He then took an unsalaried job at radio station WEVD (its call letters were the initials of Eugene V. Debs), where he paid musicians out of his own pocket to perform. Reaching into his pocket is something he did regularly. (Investors Business Daily)
Z: 50 American Revolutions Apr 19, 2006
Sort of like what Reagan did with the word "peacekeeper." Let's call it "patriotism" when Eugene V. Debs runs for president from his prison cell and gets nearly a million votes. It was "patriotism" that reigned at Stonewall, patriotism when Public Enemy urged us to "fight the power," and patriotism was everywhere in the efforts of the Bonus Army Dorothea Lange, Food Not Bombs, and Daniel Ellsberg. (Zmag.org)
