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Book Review: Eugene V Debs: A Graphic Biography
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Eugene V Debs: A Graphic Biography
by Paul Buhle, Steve Max and Dave Nance
(Verso Books, £11.99)
FOR anyone bored with people on the left in this country banging on about Trump rather than enthusing about the growing socialist movement in the US, this book will be welcome. It’s not just about a significant leader of the country’s radical movement but a reminder of its rich radical history.
Eugene V Debs, like many radicals in the US, was from a French background and this graphic biography celebrates the role that immigrants played in the socialist movement.
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