Monthly Archives: June 2018

On May Day, 1904, Socialists from around the United States descended upon Chicago to hold their first quadrennial national convention, called for the purpose of nominating a ticket for President and Vice-President of the United States. As a nominating convention, … Continue reading →

What the hell does Morris Hillquit have to do with Eugene V. Debs in 1903? Not too much. The two were, after all, still just learning not to instinctively distrust one other. Debs had his people he didn’t like and … Continue reading →

This was another week in which much of my attention was pulled away from Volume 3: 1897-1904 by the need to get finished with the corrected manuscript for Volume 1: 1877-1892. Last week I chose to spend most of what … Continue reading →

This is a light week for new creation for me, with the manuscript for Volume 1 needing to be totally put to bed so that the Haymarket production team can get to work doing the final page layout. Nevertheless, my … Continue reading →

The Eugene V. Debs saga very nearly came to an end on August 2, 1902, when he was involved in a serious train crash in the middle of Alpine Tunnel, then the highest railway tunnel in North America, located 11,523 … Continue reading →