Debates in Boulder Socialist Local Endanger Olive’s Idealistic Drive
A month after a Debs meeting in Boulder the town sees a new local socialist chapter formed led by Pete Collingwood and Olive. Olive's zeal to use political action clashes with wary members who favor workplace organizing and distrust party machinery. The group strains under ignorance and faction, as the Appeal to Reason paper inflames sentiment but fails to teach proletarian socialism clearly.