The Sour Grapes of Socialists – California Globe

The Sour Grapes of Socialists – California Globe

“Migrant Mother” photographed by Dorothea Lange in Nipomo near pea-picker’s camp. (Photo: Public Domain) John Steinbeck’s classic “The Grapes of Wrath”, published in 1939, got its title from the Battle Hymn of the Republic.  The hymn’s line is, “Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored.” The title serves as a metaphor for the wrath of God against those who explo…