are called the "Gardening Angels" and they have been role models for Detroit's youth for decades. The obstacles they and others face in Detroit--to create change--are enormous, but they fight on by holding to a vision that Levine, in some other poems, not so well received, understands and expresses.
These poems of vision, that fewer wish to discuss, speak to Levine's deep admiration for the Spanish anarchists, especially those who fought in Catalonia, where Barcelona is located. It may seem odd that a Jewish Detroit ex-auto worker has an affection for the defenders of a city in a Catholic country one-third of the way across the world.
from CounterPunch: The Courage of Philip Levine
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