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02651aam a2200433 i 4500 001 59513D5A444F11EC89A41A2526ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211113010011 008 210419s2021 cau b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021013804 020 $a 087286877X 020 $a 9780872868779 035 $a (OCoLC)1246673077 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCL $d UKMGB $d YDX $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 082 00 $a 383/.4973 $2 23 100 1 $a Shaw, Christopher W., $e author. 245 10 $a First class : $b the U.S. Postal Service, democracy, and the corporate threat / $c Christopher W. Shaw ; foreword by Ralph Nader. 246 30 $a U.S. Postal Service, democracy, and the corporate threat 264 1 $a San Francisco : $b City Lights Books, $c [2021] 300 $a x, 227 pages ; $c 21 cm. 490 1 $a Open media series 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Privatization -- Deregulation -- Communities -- Democracies -- Cutbacks -- Competitors -- Workers -- Governance -- The future. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 20 $a United States Postal Service $x History. 650 0 $a Postal service $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Postal service $x Deregulation $z United States. 650 0 $a Postal service $z United States $x Reorganization. 700 1 $a Nader, Ralph, $e writer of foreword. 830 0 $a Open Media book. 941 $a 4 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20230131010353.0 952 $l RZPE145 $d 20220503070419.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20211209010427.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20211113010137.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=59513D5A444F11EC89A41A2526ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search