How can I ask the question again without seeming rude?
‘Excuse me, but in practical terms, what do you actually do?’
Speak truth
The government wants to fund popular co-ops that are meeting urgent social needs. What could be wrong with that? Vanessa Baird meets the people behind them.
Preparing lunch in the FPDS co-op in San Telmo – where everyone gets a say and ‘horizontalism’ prevails.
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