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Jean Merrill: The Pushcart War (1987, Dell Pub. Co.) No rating

The outbreak of a war between truck drivers and pushcart peddlers brings the mounting problems …

5 out of 5 stars An insightful book about overcoming the capture of local government and public opinion by big business. Some of the ideas might be fanciful (e.g. harming a truck tire with pea pins fired from a pea shooter) but the ideas of collective action and collective support have been repeatedly shown to work. Give a copy to people (young and old) who need the encouragement to participate in collective action.