Jan 22, 2016 · The Plan to End Poverty in California. By Upton Sinclair. PREFACE. The purpose of this pamphlet is to discuss those steps of the Plan to End Poverty in California (EPIC) which …

THE LITERARY DIGEST asked Upton Sinclair, Democratic candidate for Governor of California, to contribute the current article on the “outstanding issues of the forthcoming campaign and …

Riding on the hopes of hundreds of thousands of working class and unemployed Californians who had endured four years of economic depression, Sinclair's EPIC movement had stirred an …

End Poverty in California (EPIC) was a series of proposals defining the platform upon which Upton Sinclair hoped to win the governorship of California in 1934.

Sinclairism -- the program of Upton Sinclair and his radical associates -- is Communism, cleverly disguised, but deliberately designed to Russianize California state government. Its rooted in …

B. Sinclair and his End Poverty in California (EPIC) League. Sinclair lost the election, but EPIC captured and helped revive the state Democratic party, elected two of its three state senate …

Upton Sinclair, The EPIC Plan (1934). From Upton Sinclair, Immediate Epic: The Final Statement of the Plan (Los Angeles: End Poverty League, 1934). [Socialist author Sinclair won the …

Sep 20, 2017 · Upton Sinclair ran a partisan newspaper as part of his campaign for California governor. Courtesy of the EPIC Project. Upton Sinclair, born on this day in 1878, could have …

Immediate EPIC: The Final Statement of the Plan Issued by Sinclair after winning the primary and amidst intense media criticism, this pamphlet alters some aspects of the EPIC plan. Read the …

Upton Sinclair, the writer and socialist, ran for governor of California on the Democratic ticket. His 1934 platform was entitled “End Poverty in California” (EPIC), and its goal was to turn over …

During the economic crisis of the 1930s, Sinclair organized the EPIC (End Poverty in California) socialist reform movement and registered as a Democrat.

Feb 19, 2013 · As part of his EPIC campaign for governor of California, Upton Sinclair wrote this booklet which was widely distributed. This copy is reproduced from an original 1934 edition.

Feb 10, 2021 · Upton Sinclair was the hero that California didn’t realize it needed. His plan may not have been perfect, but as a country, the United States would have been able to …

Jan 26, 2016 · Upton Sinclair lost the 1934 race for the governorship of California. It was the birth of the modern political campaign. The stop “Sinclairism” at any cost propaganda, that stoked …

When Upton Sinclair was campaigning on his EPIC program of State Socialism, panic-stricken capital started flying out of California, the motion picture industry cried “Confiscation!” and ...

The pre-election campaign, warming up in other States, continued at fever heat in California where Upton Sinclair, ex-Socialist and Democratic candidate for Governor, is running against …

Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was an American author, muckraker, and political activist, and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for governor of …

Jan 23, 2025 · Upton Sinclair ran for the California governorship in 1934 under the banner of “End Poverty in California.” His campaign — and the response to it — offers many lessons for …

6 days ago · Upton Sinclair's EPIC (End Poverty in California) Campaign Upton Sinclair's EPIC Campaign Upton Sinclair, the author of a “small library of novels, nonfiction works, plays, and …

Jan 5, 2025 · In addition to his literary contributions, Sinclair was a political activist and ran for governor of California in 1934, under the banner of his End Poverty in California (EPIC) …