<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Kungenzeka ukuthi ukuxhumana kukaSteinbeck nabalobi abangabesobunxele, izintatheli, nezikhulu zezinhlangano zabasebenzi kwaba nethonya emibhalweni yakhe. Wajoyina iNhlangano Yabalobi BaseMelika, inhlangano yamaKhomanisi, ngo-1935. USteinbeck wafundiswa abalobi abanenkani uLincoln Steffens nomkakhe u-Ella Winter. Ngokusebenzisa uFrancis Whitaker, ilungu le-John Reed Club for writers ye-Communist Party USA, uSteinbeck wahlangana nabahleli besiteleka be-Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Union. Ngo-1939, wasayina incwadi nabanye abalobi abasekela  <response>: Ukuhlasela kweSoviet eFinland kanye nohulumeni ongumbombayi owasungulwa amaSoviet. 