On Class & Solidarity

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Fifth Estate # 367, Winter 2004-2005

“I don’t believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from …

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Bindlestiff Family Cirkus

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Fifth Estate # 374, Winter 2007

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

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On Having Something to Do

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Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005

We tried dropping out, and we tried working in the factory. We tried teaching, and we …

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Still From Detroit: Fifth Estate reflection

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Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005

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