After Sinclair won the California Democratic primary in 1934, business and media elites helped derail his bid for the governorship.
- Professor of History, University of Washington
Marches, demonstrations, civic unrest, attacks by law enforcement and the military on protesting civilians: The parallels between the summer of 1932 and what is happening currently are striking.
Until the 1930s, American radicals stood apart from the two mainstream parties. That changed when a muckraking journalist ran for governor of California.
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