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Eugene V. Debs on Work

1855–1926 United States

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Child labor must be abolished by the working class.

The Socialist Party and the Working Class (1904)

Civilization has done little for labor except to modify the forms of its exploitation.

The Socialist Party and the Working Class (1904)

Workingmen of the country ... toil for a pittance at the pleasure of their masters and are bludgeoned, jailed or shot when they protest — this is the central, controlling, vital issue of the hour, and neither of the old party platforms has a word or even a hint about it.

Outlook for Socialism in the United States (1900)

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