Population growth, agricultural policy, land ownership policy, and illegal logging.
The 1930’s is the time where Great Depression took place. In
that time, stock market crashed, unemployment went to the top, banks raced to liquidate
loans to cough up cash to sustain bank runs, and many banks closed. It resulted
to economic hardship to people in rural and city areas, most especially among
agricultural and factory workers. Huge numbers of people lost their jobs, while
those who still have jobs face very uncertain future. The Communist Party USA have
attractive platforms like more power for workers and for the common man. Therefore,
membership of the Communist Party USA swelled to about 55,000 in the 1930s.
Gandhi took the religious principle of ahimsa which means doing no harm, common to Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism and turned it into a non-violent tool for mass action. He used it to fight not only colonial rule but social evils such as racial discrimination and untouchability as well.
