FE Author: Sunfrog (Andy "Sunfrog" Smith)

“I don’t believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respects the other person and learns from the other. I have a lot to learn …

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“A little duct-tape, a little cardboard, and it’s a show.” –Stephanie Monseu aka Philomena Bindlestiff, co-founder of the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus

We tried dropping out, and we tried working in the factory. We tried teaching, and we tried going back to school. We tried organizing the workers, and we tried permitted protest marches. We tried passing leaflets to every passerby, and …

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Gritty and grimy to the core, inner-city Detroit was a daily regimen of gravel and glass.