MrMadMatt’s Reviews > The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene Victor Debs > Status Update

One running them through the book, mentioned over and over again, is Deb’s kindness. He would always give the coat off his back to whatever poor soul he met on the street that day. I think it intersects strongly with his belief that each man must have the right to go his own way, to make his own choices, to be (as Paulo Freire would say) a complete human. The revolution must be lead by the working man.

Why do I keep reading books that are oddly pertinent. I wish the Pullman strike and other labor disputes were more discussed in like high school history. Even in victory, the weapons used by our oppressors will ultimately lead to their own failure