150th Birthday of Jack London

                 Last Monday, 12th of January, the American writer Jack London would complete 150 years old, so this post is a tribute to him. He was a pioneer in many areas: in publishing a literary magazine, in social activism and writing a dystopian novel. We all have fight for democracy, justice and human rights, because unpunished human rights violations can spread easily without people realized and when become a dystopia will be late. Fortunately, the people of the world is demanding justice and democracy with political rights for who deserves. There never was a so great political movement equal this happening in the last 6 years. I have a YouTube channel, here is the link.   https://www.youtube.com/@lucianofietto4773/videos. Since the creation of this channel its visualization counter doesn't work, the same has been happening with the counter of this blog since its creation in 2010.           This post is a summary of three texts. The first and the third paragraphs was written by Google AI. The second was published at https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/jack-london     

                  Jack London was a pioneer in adventure literature, commercial fiction, and early science fiction, known for his gripping tales of survival and the wilderness, like The Call of the Wild, but his pioneering spirit also extended to journalism (exposing poverty in The People of the Abyss) and social activism, championing workers' rights and socialism as one of America's first internationally famous, high-earning authors. He was a man of bold experiences—a gold prospector, sailor, and hobo—whose life mirrored his themes of rugged individualism and the struggle for existence, making him a literary and cultural trailblazer.                                                                                                                                                           John Griffith Chaney, better known as Jack London, was born in 1876, in San Francisco, California. His father was never part of his life, and his mother ended up marrying John London, a civil war veteran, who moved his new family to Oakland. His life as a writer began in 1893. The 17th-year-old adventurer had made it home and regaled his mother with his tales of what had happened to him. When she saw an announcement in one of the local papers for a writing contest, she pushed her son to write down and submit his story. Armed with just an eight-grade education, London captured the $25 first prize, beating out college students from Berkeley and Stanford. Jack London found fame and fortune at the age of 27 with his novel   The Call of the Wild, (1903), which told the story of a dog that finds its place in the world as a sled dog in the Yukon. The success did little to soften London's hard-driving lifestyle. A prolific writer, he published more than 50 books over the last 16 years of his life .                                                                                                                                             Jack London's The Iron Heel (1908) is considered the first modern American dystopian novel and remains highly relevant today as a prophetic, cautionary tale regarding the dangers of unchecked capitalism, rising authoritarianism, and extreme wealth inequality. The novel, which depicts a future where a super-rich oligarchy crushes democracy and the working class, serves as a mirror to contemporary socio-political issues. 5 Key Aspects of Its Modern Importance:1) Critique of Oligarchy and Inequality: The book accurately anticipated the concentration of wealth in the hands of a small percentage of the population (the "0.1%"), warning against the immense power this gives to corporations and the wealthy elite.     2) Warning Against Fascism and Authoritarianism: Published long before the rise of 20th-century fascism, it predicted the brutal methods used by ruling elites to maintain control, including violence, surveillance, and the manipulation of information.   3) Relevance to Modern Social Movements: It is used as a tool to analyze ongoing struggles against systemic injustice, class warfare, and the erosion of democratic rights.  4) Precursor to Dystopian Literature: It influenced future classic dystopian works, including George Orwell's 1984, and serves as a foundational text for understanding the genre.  5) Perspective on Long-Term Struggle: It provides a "long view" of history, suggesting that achieving a more equitable society is a process involving centuries of struggle rather than a swift, easy victory. Despite its dated, didactic, and sometimes melodramatic style, the core message of The Iron Heel—the fear that democracy can be crushed by entrenched, ruthless power—continues to resonate in modern political discourse.