Eugene V. Debs

Eugene Victor Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American socialist, political activist and trade unionist. Along with Daniel De Leon, Debs is considered to be one of the progenitors of the American socialist movement and founders of the Socialist Labor Party (later known as Workers' Communist Party), which would take power in the old United States in 1933, seven years after Debs' death.