The Secret Civil War Inside Minnesota’s Grocery Stores
In May of 1975, the Twin Cities food co-op movement was torn apart by a bitter, internal struggle for control. The "Co-op Wars" were a high-stakes ideological clash between neighborhood volunteers and a disciplined Marxist-Leninist cadre led by Theophilus Smith. Grounded entirely in court records and archive files, discover the true story of midnight storefront occupations, street brawls, and a late-night food heist that permanently reshaped how Minnesotans buy their food.
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