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Shaw, Christopher W., author.
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United States Postal Service -- History.
Postal service -- United States -- History.
Postal service -- Deregulation -- United States.
Postal service -- United States -- Reorganization.
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First class : the U....
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First class : the U.S. Postal Service, democracy, and the corporate threat / Christopher W. Shaw ; foreword by Ralph Nader.
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Shaw, Christopher W., author.
San Francisco : City Lights Books, [2021]
Subjects
United States Postal Service -- History.
Postal service -- United States -- History.
Postal service -- Deregulation -- United States.
Postal service -- United States -- Reorganization.
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9780872868779 (paperback) :
087286877X (paperback)
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Open media book.
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x, 229 pages ; 21 cm.
Contents:
Privatization -- Deregulation -- Communities -- Democracy -- Cutbacks -- Competitors -- Workers -- Governance -- The future.
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"The U.S. Postal System is under assault. For decades, corporate interests and ideologues have sought to convert this invaluable public institution into yet another profit-driven corporation. In 2020, the attacks escalated. In the middle of a pandemic and a presidential election dependent on mail-in ballots, the newly installed postmaster, Louis DeJoy, disrupted postal operations by slowing down mail delivery, decreasing window hours, and removing mail-processing equipment and neighborhood mailboxes. An outraged and indignant public fought back and scored a victory, reversing his policies. Though that stage of the battle ended in a public victory, the corporate war against the Postal System continues. In First Class, Christopher Shaw provides a brief history of the USPS, exposing the various campaigns against it, who has been waging them, and the consequences to the American public--and democracy itself--if they are not stopped"--
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Ewa Beach P/S Library
Adult Nonfiction
383.4973 Sh
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