"On April 1, in a wave of defiance, truck drivers began taking the strongest form of action they can take: inaction. Faced with $4-per-gallon diesel fuel, they slowed down, shut down and started honking. On the New Jersey Turnpike, a convoy of trucks stretching 'as far as the eye can see,' according to a turnpike spokesman, drove at a glacial 20 miles per hour."Read more of Barbara Ehrenreich's
"Truckers Hit the Brakes" at
Common Dreams to find out why Ehrenreich calls the truck drivers' inaction a "shining example of defiance in the face of economic assault." You can also check out her
blog.
posted by Alexandra at 4/09/2008 10:02:00 AM 
