“From the crown of my head to the soles of my feet I am Bolshevik, and proud of it.”

— Eugene V. Debs

"The Day of the People," The Class Struggle Vol. III No. 1 (February 1919) http://www.marxists.org/archive/debs/works/1919/daypeople.htm

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American labor and political leader 1855–1926

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