EPISODE · Nov 4, 2016 · 32 MIN
Before “1984” & “Hunger Games”: How the first modern dystopian novel was born in Oakland sweatshops
from East Bay Yesterday · host East Bay Yesterday
What better time than election season to explore the first novel to predict the rise of fascism and a brutal government run by corporate elites? This episode features Tarnel Abbott, the great-granddaughter of Jack London, discussing “The Iron Heel,” Occupy Oakland, and a conspiracy to commercialize the East Bay’s most famous writer.
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What better time than election season to explore the first novel to predict the rise of fascism and a brutal government run by corporate elites? This episode features Tarnel Abbott, the great-granddaughter of Jack London, discussing “The Iron Heel,” Occupy Oakland, and a conspiracy to commercialize the East Bay’s most famous writer.
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Before “1984” & “Hunger Games”: How the first modern dystopian novel was born in Oakland sweatshops
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