{"product_id":"every-man-a-king-and-share-our-wealth-two-huey-long-speeches-9781646792733","title":"Every Man a King and Share Our Wealth: Two Huey Long Speeches","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Every man a king, so there would be no such thing as a man or woman who did not have the necessities of life, who would not be dependent upon the whims of the financial barons for a living.\" -\u003cem\u003eShare Our Wealth\u003c\/em\u003e, Huey Long (1934)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eEvery Man a King and Share Our Wealth-Two Huey Long Speeches\u003c\/em\u003e by extraordinary Louisiana left-wing populist Huey Long includes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- his 1934 radio address announcing the start of his \"Share Our Wealth\" Movement, promoting greater equality among Americans. By 1935 this movement had 27,000 chapters with 7.5 million members.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Long's \u003cem\u003eStatement on the Share Our Wealth Society\u003c\/em\u003e in Congress (1935) with proposals, such as that \"every family was to be furnished with a homestead allowance of not less than one-third the average family wealth of the country\" and \"yearly income cannot exceed more than 300 times the size of the average family income.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong's radical agenda as expressed in \u003cem\u003eEvery Man a King and Share Our Wealth\u003c\/em\u003e still offers food for thought for the social-economic debates of the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLong, Huey P.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - HUEY P. LONG (1893-1935), Democratic governor of Louisiana (1928-1932) and a member of the US Senate (1932-1935), was famous for his dictatorial control of his home state and for his radical proposals in the Senate for social reform. Long was assassinated by the son of a political opponent in 1935.","brand":"Cosimo Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50444729221394,"sku":"9781646792733","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_498db85f-679b-42e6-88bd-f81adfdb7552.jpg?v=1737118957","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/every-man-a-king-and-share-our-wealth-two-huey-long-speeches-9781646792733","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}