Before Bernie and Mamdani, There Was Eugene Debs

🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership Shawn Gude is the former editor of Jacobin and author of American Socialist: The Life and Legacy of Eugene V. Debs. He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss how Debs went from moderate railroad unionist to one of America’s most influential socialist leaders. ✊ Get the book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/American-Socialist/Shawn-Gude/9781668056738 0:00–3:51 Why Eugene Debs Still Matters 3:51–10:10 How Debs Became a Socialist 10:10–18:30 Debs’s Personality and Political Appeal 18:30–25:28 When Socialism Thrived in the Midwest 25:28–29:24 What Socialism Meant to Debs 29:24–35:31 The Defeat and Decline of Debs’s Movement 35:31–40:26 What Debs Can Teach the Left Today 40:26–43:28 What Shawn Learned About Debs While Writing the Book 🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership