
Eugene Debs: “Why We Have Outgrown the United States Constitution”
By Eugene Debs
Read the full article from Jacobin, here.
In a 1911 article, legendary socialist Eugene Debs excoriated the US Constitution as an “autocratic and reactionary document” written by aristocrats and “in every sense a denial of democracy.” To mark Presidents’ Day, we reprint the fiery essay here in full.