1934 (Share Our Wealth Society)

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The Share Our Wealth Society was a populist economic reform movement launched in 1934 by U.S. Senator Huey P. Long to promote radical wealth redistribution during the Great Depression.

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instanceOf economic reform movement ⓘ
political movement ⓘ
aimedAt poor Americans ⓘ
working class Americans ⓘ
associatedWith Huey P. Long presidential ambitions ⓘ
basedOn Huey P. Long's Share Our Wealth program ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolvedAfter assassination of Huey P. Long ⓘ
foundedBy Huey P. Long ⓘ
founder Huey P. Long ⓘ
hasEffect pressure on Roosevelt administration to adopt more progressive policies ⓘ
hasPart local clubs ⓘ
headquartersLocation Louisiana ⓘ
historicalPeriod Great Depression ⓘ
ideology left-wing politics ⓘ
populism ⓘ
inception 1934 ⓘ
influenced later American populist movements ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location Louisiana ⓘ
mainProponent Huey P. Long ⓘ
mediaUsed mass rallies ⓘ
pamphlets ⓘ
radio broadcasts ⓘ
movementLeader Huey P. Long ⓘ
notableMember Gerald L. K. Smith ⓘ
opposedTo Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal from the left ⓘ
concentration of wealth ⓘ
economic inequality ⓘ
politicalGoal limiting inheritance ⓘ
providing a homestead allowance ⓘ
redistribution of national income ⓘ
politicalPosition left-wing ⓘ
proposedPolicy confiscation of large fortunes ⓘ
free education ⓘ
guaranteed minimum income ⓘ
limits on personal wealth ⓘ
old-age pensions ⓘ
veterans benefits ⓘ
purpose economic equality ⓘ
relief during the Great Depression ⓘ
wealth redistribution ⓘ
significantEvent rapid national membership growth in mid-1930s ⓘ
slogan Every Man a King ⓘ
timePeriod 1930s ⓘ

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Huey P. Long → dateFounded → 1934 (Share Our Wealth Society) ⓘ