November 5, 1855
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Eugene V. Debs labor leader, socialist, three-time candidate for president, and first president of the American Railway Union is born. The Republican and Democratic parties, or to be more exact, the Republican-Democratic party, represent the capitalist class in the class struggle. They are the political wings of the capitalist system and such differences as arise between them relate to spoils and not to principles.
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