Monthly Archives: July 2018
The Election of 1904 (18-26)
Gene Debs seems to have embraced his role as presidential nominee of the Socialist Party in 1904 less grudgingly than he did four years previously. He delivered an acceptance speech to the SPA’s nominating convention in May, sat out the … Continue reading
Home stretch (18-25)
I’m heading down the home stretch on document compilation and putting on a final kick for the finish line. No time to blog. It will probably take me one week past my Aug. 1 soft deadline to get finished, judging … Continue reading
Survey of the Debs Correspondence (18-24)
I spent an hour this week on the deck with a cigar and a beer reviewing the published Debs correspondence for 1897 to 1904, the time period that is covered in Selected Works Volume 3. There are a couple … Continue reading
Halftime (18-23)
Two decades ago my best friend from college and I went out to lunch in Corvallis. We had both recently turned 35 and that served as the occasion — half of the biblical “three score and ten.” I don’t precisely … Continue reading
The Debs Project 