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Eugene V. Debs : a graphic biography

Title

Eugene V. Debs : a graphic biography / art by Noah Van Sciver ; script by Paul Buhle and Steve Max, with Dave Nance.

Author

Van Sciver, Noah

Publication

London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2019.
©2019

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xii, 128 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"A graphic biography of socialist labor legend Eugene V. Debs Eugene Victor Debs led the Socialist Party in the early twentieth-century to federal and state office across the country, helped to pioneer a fighting union politics that organized all workers, and became the beloved figurehead of American radicalism. Imprisoned for speaking out against World War I, Debs ran for president from prison, receiving over one million votes. Debs's story is the story of labor battles in industrializing America, of a socialist politics grown directly out of the American Midwest heartland, and of a distinctly American vision of socialism. With the campaign of Bernie Sanders, the rise of mass movements like Occupy and Black Lives Matter, and the Wall Street Crash of 2008, socialism has once again made itself felt in American politics. This graphic biography, published in collaboration with the Democratic Socialists of America--whose growing membership, spurred by Trump's election and Bernie Sanders' campaign, has reached heights not seen among socialist parties since the 1920s--is geared toward a new generation exploring socialist and working-class radicalism in the past and the present. Noah Van Sciver's dynamic illustrations are paired with short, accessible framing essays by Paul Buhle, noted historian of the U.S. left, with Dave Nance and Steve Max"--
"Eugene Victor Debs led the Socialist Party in the early twentieth-century to federal and state office across the country, helped to pioneer a fighting union politics that organized all workers, and became the beloved figurehead of American radicalism. Imprisoned for speaking out against World War I, Debs ran for president from prison, receiving over one million votes. Debs's story is the story of labor battles in industrializing America, of a socialist politics grown directly out of the American Midwest heartland, and of a distinctly American vision of socialism. With the campaign of Bernie Sanders, the rise of mass movements like Occupy and Black Lives Matter, and the Wall Street Crash of 2008, socialism has once again made itself felt in American politics. This graphic biography, published in collaboration with the Democratic Socialists of America--whose growing membership, spurred by Trump's election and Bernie Sanders' campaign, has reached heights not seen among socialist parties since the 1920s--is geared toward a new generation exploring socialist and working-class radicalism in the past and the present. Noah Van Sciver's dynamic illustrations are paired with short, accessible framing essays by Paul Buhle, noted historian of the U.S. left, with Dave Nance and Steve Max"--

Subject

Genre/Form

Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
Biographies.

Call Number

JFD 19-3087

ISBN

9781786636874
1786636875

LCCN

2018033722
40028892513

OCLC

1044773455

Author

Van Sciver, Noah, artist.

Title

Eugene V. Debs : a graphic biography / art by Noah Van Sciver ; script by Paul Buhle and Steve Max, with Dave Nance.

Publisher

London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2019.

Copyright Date

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Buhle, Paul, 1944- author.

Max, Steve, author.

Other Standard Identifier

40028892513

Research Call Number

JFD 19-3087

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