Subject that got people aroused . was Who Owns America? . They had a chart going . filling in connections between the big local contractors and the steel companies and the city and county governments and the unions . . and the downtown merchants. They found they still did not know who owned obvious centers of power like the banks. They did not know who owned the local paper. Or the radio stations. . Marge Piercy
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The subject that got people aroused . . . was Who Owns America? .

. . They had a chart going .

. . filling in connections between the big local contractors and the steel companies and the city and county governments and the unions .

. . and the downtown merchants.

. . .

They found they still did not know who owned obvious centers of power like the banks. They did not know who owned the local paper. Or the radio stations.

Source: Dance The Eagle To Sleep

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