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Revolutionary consciousness is to be found among the most ruthlessly exploited masses: animals, trees, water, air, grasses

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Gary Snyder
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: May 8
Environmentalist
Poet
Trade Unionist
Translator
Writer
San Francisco County
California
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