https://pjmedia.com/ronradosh/2011/04/20/is-there-an-american-socialist-tradition-2/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 07:22:20 -0400<![CDATA[As I wrote in my first part of a blog post on this subject, John Nichols cites the most well-known American socialists of the past &#8212; Eugene V. Debs, Norman Thomas and Michael Harrington &#8212; as an example of how socialists were part and parcel of the American tradition, and how their socialism grew out of American values and as a basic part of our country’s heritage. This is particularly true of Eugene V. Debs, the titan of American socialism’s heroic years of growth and influence. Debs, as his biographer Nick Salvatore revealed in an excellent biography, spoke in the language of American republicanism and patriotism, eschewing Marxian ideology for the most part, and therefore managed to reach the average working-class citizen in a manner that other socialists never managed to match.]]>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:04:32 -0400<![CDATA[Ron Radosh]]>https://pjmedia.com/ron-radosh/2011/04/20/is-there-an-american-socialist-tradition-2-n183701