Wow, I feel like now I'm famous enough to have Weird Al do a parody of my hit song, or something:

AI does a Q&A summary of my article.

https://aili.app/share/1LVKqwFQ325MtWRZhBkMBG

Samuel Gompers has a lot to answer for. Debs was probably naieve thinking the AFL would come on board with a radical strike. What I read suggests Gompers rejected radicalism all his life, battled the IWW throughout the Americas.

there are still schools named after him, though:

https://www.greatschools.org/illinois/chicago/1103-Gompers-E...