Monthly Archives: February 2018
Miners, Massacres, and Math (18-04)
Although 1897 was one of the most important years in the life of Gene Debs, the available documentary sources are scarce. In the nearly 1800 pages that comprise Bob Constantine’s Letters of Eugene V. Debs, there are just two items … Continue reading
The Brotherhood of the Cooperative Commonwealth (18-03)
One error of mine that I’ve discovered over the past couple weeks relates to the founding of the Social Democracy of America by Debs and his Woodstock Jail and American Railway Union associates Sylvester Keliher, James Hogan, Roy M. Goodwin, … Continue reading
Colorado Miners and Cooperative Colonies (18-02)
posted Feb. 10, 2018 The activities of Eugene V. Debs in 1897 are particularly fascinating to me. Debs publicly declared himself a socialist during the very last days of 1896, and news that the controversial labor leader was leaving the … Continue reading
Two down, three or four to go… (18-01)
It has been a few months since I’ve had time to work on the site. I discovered that being able to debrief once a week is very helpful for the compilation phase of the work but a detriment to the nitty … Continue reading
The Debs Project 