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what part did Jack London have in socialism?
Jack London joined the Socialist Labor Party in April 1896.
what was Jack London's part in the Socialist Labor Party?
In 1986, the San Francisco Chronicle published a story about the twenty-year-old Jack London's giving nightly speeches in Oakland's City Hall Park.
what was Jack London's viewpoint on socialism?
As Jack London explained in his essay, How I Became a Socialist, his views were influenced by his experience with people at the bottom of the social pit.

Question: what was his experience with them like?
Self-contained rewrite: what was Jack London's experience with people at the bottom of the social pit like?