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The Story of Eugene Debs, a Labor Organizer
As City Clerk of Terrehot, Debs got a reputation for refusing to assess fines against sex workers. He then gets elected as a state rep in the Indian and General Assembly. But he lost his faith in the political process because he thought the whole State House was effectively bought up by the railroads. And so he decided to step back from politics to focus on labor organizing.
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