Badger

Relentless labor champion who never stopped fighting for workers.

Eugene Debs embodied the badger's fierce tenacity and refusal to back down, running for president five times including once from prison, and enduring federal prosecution rather than abandon his socialist convictions. He fought tirelessly for workers' rights, organizing the American Railway Union and leading the Pullman Strike despite brutal government opposition. Like the badger, Debs was stubbornly devoted to his cause, impervious to intimidation, and defined entirely by his willingness to take punishment rather than surrender his principles.