he story of the construction of the Poletown plant is illustrative of many tendencies in American political and economic history, such as the collaboration between big business and government, the failures of business unionism, and the shortcomings of liberals and the Communist Party.
A rebel reporter with the radical newspaper Fifth Estate greeted the Guru Mahara Ji, appearing before the Detroit City Council in August 1973, with a pie in the face. The guru s followers weren t about to let pie thrower Pat Halley off the hook.