American Socialist: The Life and Legacy of Eugene V. Debs

The first popular biography of Eugene Debs, the railroad worker turned radical visionary whose leadership helped elect more than a thousand Socialists across the country during the Progressive Era and inspired generations of Americans to fight back against the power of the rich over our politics and our lives.

Before Bernie Sanders, before Zohran Mamdani, America's favorite socialist was Eugene Debs.

There was a time, a little more than 100 years ago, when some 1,200 Socialists held elected ...