Shawn Gude has recently had a book published: American Socialist: the Life and Legacy of Eugene V. Debs. I recently read the book: it's a clearly and exhilarating book about Debs, a person who is often cited as a working-person's hero by people like Noam Chomsky and Bernie Sanders; he was lauded by contemporaries like W. E. B. Du Bois and was one of the reasons for why socialist unions and laws for worker rights increased substantially at the start of the 1900s. To me, Debs is a clear example of how constant struggle is required to change things, especially...