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From vacant downtowns to depressed wages, inner city pollution to poisoned rural groundwater, the concentration of corporate power has been profitable for a few executives but disastrous for working people and their communities. Written by a worker for the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, this zine documents the battles and triumphs of the growing antimonopoly movement, and shows how you, too, can fight against corporate control where you live and work. It’s also an informative, absorbing, and inspiring journalistic account of successful grassroots efforts to challenge the dominance of corporate monopolies like Amazon, Whirlpool, Walmart, and others, connecting contemporary struggles to a long, rich history of resistance.
Ron Knox is a senior researcher and policy advocate at the Institute for Self-Reliance, where he advocates for policies that fight monopoly power and support economic democracy and racial equity. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Nation, The American Prospect and elsewhere. He lives in Kansas City with his wife, two children, two cats and three chickens.