the Party

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The Party is the fictional communist labor organization in John Steinbeck’s novel "In Dubious Battle," which orchestrates and leads a fruit pickers’ strike in 1930s California.

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the Party canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional communist organization ⓘ
fictional political organization ⓘ
labor organization ⓘ
appearsInWork In Dubious Battle ⓘ
communicationStyle use of slogans and ideological rhetoric ⓘ
createdBy John Steinbeck ⓘ
goal advance revolutionary struggle ⓘ
build class consciousness ⓘ
improve wages and conditions for fruit pickers ⓘ
organize migrant workers ⓘ
ideology communism ⓘ
revolutionary socialism ⓘ
influences strategy of the strike ⓘ
inspiredBy real-world American communist and radical labor movements of the 1930s (implied) ⓘ
inUniverseStatus illegal or semi-clandestine organization ⓘ
leadsEvent fruit pickers’ strike ⓘ
literaryFunction symbol of organized radical politics ⓘ
vehicle for exploring labor struggles ⓘ
motivates collective resistance among workers ⓘ
narrativeRole driving force of the conflict ⓘ
operatesIn California ⓘ
Torgas Valley ⓘ
opposes fruit growers ⓘ
large landowners ⓘ
strikebreakers ⓘ
politicalPosition far-left ⓘ
portrayedAs idealistic ⓘ
manipulative ⓘ
ruthless in pursuit of goals ⓘ
primaryActivity agitating agricultural workers ⓘ
organizing labor strikes ⓘ
recruits migrant fruit pickers ⓘ
unemployed workers ⓘ
relatedTheme class conflict ⓘ
collective action vs. individual morality ⓘ
exploitation of migrant labor ⓘ
political manipulation ⓘ
representedByCharacter Jim Nolan ⓘ
Mac McLeod ⓘ
structure centralized leadership ⓘ
timePeriod 1930s ⓘ
usesMethod collective action ⓘ
organizing committees ⓘ
picketing ⓘ
propaganda ⓘ
strategic violence (implied) ⓘ

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