โ Scribed by London, Jack
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Part science fiction, part dystopian fantasy, part radical socialist tract, Jack London's The Iron Heel offers a grim depiction of warfare between the classes in America and around the globe. Originally published nearly a hundred years ago, it anticipated many features of the past century, including the rise of fascism, the emergence of domestic terrorism, and the growth of centralized government surveillance and authority. What begins as a war of words ends in scenes of harrowing violence as the state oligarchy, known as "the Iron Heel," moves to crush all opposition to its power.
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Jack London presents a fictional "Everhard Manuscript", hidden and found after seven centuries. Footnotes by fictional historians indicate that the movement (with which Everhard is associated) failed to overthrow capitalism, resulting in three hundred years of reaction (fascism).