Conversation so far:
What were Strindberg's politics?
politics is a conflict between the upper and lower classes.
What role did politics play in his life?
Early on, Strindberg was sympathetic to women of 19th-century Sweden, calling for women's suffrage as early as 1884.
Did he achieve his goal?
However, during other periods he had strongly misogynistic opinions, calling for lawmakers to reconsider the emancipation of these "half-apes ...
Who was he referring to when he said Half Apes?
women's.
What else did he do in his political career?
Many of these attitudes, passions and behaviours may have been developed for literary reasons and ended as soon as he had exploited them in books.
What books has he written?
CANNOTANSWER.
What other information is there about his literary exploits?
They often displayed that life and the prevailing system were profoundly unjust and injurious to ordinary citizens.

Question: What did he do to help ordinary citizens?
Self-contained rewrite: What did August Strindberg do to help ordinary citizens?