HISTORY HANGOUT: CONVERSATION WITH MINSEOK JANG

HISTORY HANGOUT: CONVERSATION WITH MINSEOK JANG

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How does a movement unite the disparate interests of producer and consumers? By directing their shared ire against a powerful middleman. That is how opponents of the Standard Oil monopoly on kerosene refining and distribution joined forces to take on the corporate giant. 

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