Archive - Debs Dispatch

The Canton Speech, Colorized

A few photos from the 1918 address in Canton, Ohio that sent Debs to prison, now in color.

Apr 15 •

March 2025

"Working Girls" (1914)

A blistering Debs polemic.

Mar 18 •

Debs on the "One Great Heart of the Human Race"

Eugene Debs, in a short article from 1913, on the power of solidarity.

Mar 12 •

September 2024

"Comrade Jesus"

A 1914 poem, written by Sarah N. Cleghorn, that well-expresses Debs's Christian socialism.

Sep 23, 2024 •

August 2024

July 2023

Some Wonderful News

I have a book deal!

Jul 24, 2023 •

"The Negro: His Present Status and Outlook" (1918)

One of Debs's longest writings on black liberation, excoriating the crimes of racial tyranny and calling for independent black worker organizing.

Jul 5, 2023 •

June 2023

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