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Paperback. Let the people take heart and hope everywhere, for the cross is bending, the midnight is passing, and joy cometh with the morning.Eugene Debs in 1918Orator, organizer, self-taught scholar, presidential candidate, and prisoner, Eugene Debs lifelong commitment to the fight for a better world is chronicled in this unparalleled biography by historian Ray Ginger. This moving story presents the definitive account of the life and legacy of the most eloquent spokesperson and leader of the U.S. labor and socialist movements.With a new introduction by Mike Davis.The best biography of Eugene Debs yet published.A valuable contribution to the history of American political and economic radicalism.American Historical ReviewMasterful.Michael HarringtonThe Bending Cross offers us an old-fashionedand, yes, incorrigibly romanticethos for activism; an antidote to jaded postmodernist cynicism, made compelling and coherent by the example of Debss own life. It is ironic that the Socialist leader was imprisoned for disloyalty, since what most distinguished Debs was his moral steadfastness and unbreakable loyalty to the labor movement.Mike Davis, from the Introduction The classic biography of Debs, one of the most important thinkers and activists in US. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…