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Solidarity is based on the principle that we are willing to put ourselves at risk to protect each other.
Starhawk
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Starhawk
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: June 17
Environmentalist
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St Paul
Minnesota
Miriam Simos
Miriam Samos
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