Investigating the essential role that the postal system plays in
American democracy and how the corporate sector has attempted to
destroy it. "With First Class: The U.S. Postal Service, Democracy,
and the Corporate Threat, Christopher Shaw makes a brilliant case
for polishing the USPS up and letting it shine in the 21st
century."-John Nichols, national affairs correspondent for The
Nation and author of Coronavirus Criminals and Pandemic Profiteers:
Accountability for Those Who Caused the Crisis "First Class is
essential reading for all postal workers and for our allies who
seek to defend and strengthen our public Postal Service."-Mark
Dimondstein, President, American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO The
fight over the future of the U.S. Postal Service is on. For years,
corporate interests and political ideologues have pushed to remake
the USPS, turning it from a public institution into a private
business-and now, with mail-in voting playing a key role in local,
state, and federal elections, the attacks have escalated.
Leadership at the USPS has been handed over to special interests
whose plan for the future includes higher postage costs, slower
delivery times, and fewer post offices, policies that will
inevitably weaken this invaluable public service and source of
employment. Despite the general shift to digital communication, the
vast majority of the American people-and small businesses-still
rely heavily on the U.S. postal system, and many are rallying to
defend it. First Class brings readers to the front lines of the
struggle, explaining the various forces at work for and against a
strong postal system, and presenting reasonable ideas for
strengthening and expanding its capacity, services, and workforce.
Emphasizing the essential role the USPS has played ever since
Benjamin Franklin served as our first Postmaster General, author
Christopher Shaw warns of the consequences for the country-and for
our democracy-if we don't win this fight. Praise for First Class:
"Piece by piece, an essential national infrastructure is being
dismantled without our consent. Shaw makes an eloquent case for why
the post office is worth saving and why, for the sake of American
democracy, it must be saved."-Steve Hutkins, founder/editor of Save
the Post Office and Professor of English at New York University
"The USPS is essential for a democratic American society; thank
goodness we have this new book from Christopher W. Shaw explaining
why."-Danny Caine, author of Save the USPS and owner of the Raven
Book Store, Lawrence, KS "Shaw's excellent analysis of the Postal
Service and its vital role in American Democracy couldn't be more
timely. ... First Class should serve as a clarion call for
Americans to halt the dismantling and to, instead, preserve and
enhance the institution that can bind the nation together."-Ruth Y.
Goldway, Retired Chair and Commissioner, U.S. Postal Regulatory
Commission, responsible for the Forever Stamps "In a time of
community fracture and corporate predation, Shaw argues, a
first-class post office of the future can bring communities
together and offer exploitation-free banking and other
services."-Robert Weissman, president of Public Citizen
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