Before Bernie and Mamdani, There Was Eugene Debs
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Shawn Gude is the former editor of Jacobin and author of American Socialist: The Life and Legacy of Eugene V. Debs. He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss how Debs went from moderate railroad unionist to one of America’s most influential socialist leaders.
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0:00–3:51 Why Eugene Debs Still Matters
3:51–10:10 How Debs Became a Socialist
10:10–18:30 Debs’s Personality…
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