Eugene Victor Debs was a shopkeeper's son from Terre Haute, Indiana. He would become one of America's most revered labor leaders through his leading role in the Pullman Strike of 1894; he is considered one of the nation's great orators, and was a founder of the Socialist Party. Nominated for President five times, Debs received nearly a million ( Read more... )

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I don't know, maybe you are, but if you are reading this, I seriously doubt it. Even if you are making lots of money (as some of my friends do), this does not earn you a seat at the capitalist table. You may think that the capitalist system is good for the world, but this does not make you a capitalist. I realized this last weekend while ( Read more... )

The rich are getting richer and the poora are getting poorer.

The only Socialist in congress, Bernie Sanders, is presenting an amendment demanding transparency from the Federal Reserve.

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This is something I can't stress enough. The right-wingers were screaming "Socialist!" when the Federal Reserve bailed out the "too big to fail" companies. Meanwhile, we socialists were screaming against it too. ( Read more... )

I point them to the worker-run factories of Argentina as seen in this documentary: The Take.

I'd rather vote for what I don't want and not get it, then vote for what I don't want and get it.
-Eugene Debs

For those that may be wondering, my new icon for political posts is a photo of Eugene Debs. Wiki link He was a labor organizer and prominent Socialist in the early 20th century. He was put in jail for speaking out against the ( Read more... )