EP. 944: AMERICAN SOCIALIST: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF EUGENE DEBS ft. SHAWN GUDE

Get Shawn's book here: https://www.amazon.com/American-Socialist.../dp/1668056739 Before Bernie Sanders, before Zohran Mamdani, America’s favorite socialist was Eugene Debs. In 1912, some 1,200 Socialists held elected office across the United States. Wisconsin had a Socialist congressman in Washington, and ministers in Oklahoma preached the gospel of “Christian socialism” at revival-style gatherings come summertime. The leader of this vibrant movement? One Eugene V. Debs—part working-class agitator, part radical prophet, a man who made it feel like being an American and a socialist was the most natural thing in the world. Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497 Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH! Become a patron now https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents ? Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, (specially YouTube!) NÜ MERCH STORE: https://tirmerchstore.myshopify.com/ THANKS Y'ALL YouTube: <a href='https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fchannel%2FUCG9WtLyoP9QU8sxuIfxk3eg%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAcGRvZgVicmlkETFBZjVPZlU4amxqNjJrWmFLc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHsprDEwAciIT