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Eugene Victor Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. Through his presidential candidacies as well as his work with labor movements, Debs eventually became one of the best-known socialists living in the United States.

Early in his political career, Debs was a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected as a Democrat to the Indiana General Assembly in 1884. After working with several smaller unions, including the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, Debs led his union in a major ten-month strike against the CB&Q Railroad in 1888. Debs was instrumental in the founding of the American Railway Union (ARU), one of the nation's first industrial unions. After workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company organized a wildcat strike over pay cuts in the summer of 1894, Debs signed many into the ARU. He led a boycott by the ARU against handling trains with Pullman cars in what became the nationwide Pullman Strike, affecting most lines west of Detroit and more than 250,000 workers in 27 states. Purportedly to keep the mail running, President Grover Cleveland used the United States Army to break the strike. As a leader of the ARU, Debs was convicted of federal charges for defying a court injunction against the strike and served six months in prison.

In prison, Debs read various works of socialist theory and emerged six months later as a committed adherent of the international socialist movement. Debs was a founding member of the Social Democracy of America (1897), the Social Democratic Party of America (1898) and the Socialist Party of America (1901). Debs ran as a Socialist candidate for President of the United States five times: 1900 (earning 0.6 percent of the popular vote), 1904 (3.0 percent), 1908 (2.8 percent), 1912 (6.0 percent), and 1920 (3.4 percent), the last time from a prison cell. He was also a candidate for United States Congress from his native state Indiana in 1916.

Debs was noted for his oratorical skills, and his speech denouncing American participation in World War I led to his second arrest in 1918. He was convicted under the Sedition Act of 1918 and sentenced to a 10-year term. President Warren G. Harding commuted his sentence in December 1921. Debs died in 1926, not long after being admitted to a sanatorium due to cardiovascular problems that developed during his time in prison.

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

My food processor broke. It's like my one expensive "luxury" item and now it's broken and it's the plastic bits on the inside that detect if it's closed properly so it can't be fixed.
No more hummus, no more easy doughs, no more smoothies, no more easy ice cream and making potato pancakes is gonna suck so hard now 😒

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There might be a way to rig the thing so it still works, at the expense of safety (just don't turn it on while you hand is inside of it). This is the sort of thing that would have me working out where exactly the paper clips need to be jammed.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I can see the plastic bit going into the thing where it needs to go, but it just isn't turning on. I might try with a paperclip or something

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

take it apart and jam the switch closed permanently

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Bummer supreme. Even if it's not in warranty maybe it's worth hitting up the manufacturer to see if they'll do you a solid and send a replacement part for free (or heavily discounted)

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

I doubt it, it's like 5 year old now. I could try I suppose.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

tell em how much their food processor meant to you, tell em how much you love them. really give em the business. ya never know!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah really pour it on, too. Don't volunteer it's old. Maybe you catch the person reading warranty emails on a good day. Put them to work for you, a loyal and true customer!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Alternatively, take it to your local library. Some of them (in western countries) have 3d printers and you may be able to model and print a new one there.

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