31 January 2016
By Ethan Zakrewski
Hoof Print (McDonough, GA)
In the second
presidential candidate interview of our Election 2016 series, I got to
talk to the Socialist Party USA’s candidate for president Mimi Soltysik.
Soltysik was born on
October 30, 1974 and grew up in southeastern Pennsylvania. As a teen and
into his twenties, Soltysik was a self described “punk-rocker,
skateboard kid” who was a musician. During this time, Soltysik stated
that he got in a lot of trouble and struggled with substance abuse
problems until he reached rock bottom.
“I had gotten totally
disconnected from people,” Soltysik stated, “I could choose to keep
going and maybe die, or I could choose to re engage and start learning
again.” Together with his wife, Soltysik started organizing bicycle and
clothing drives. This work brought more thought to Soltysik. He stated
“We started to realize that these drives were an attempt to cure cancer
with a Band-Aid. While those services are essential, I wanted to attack
the cancer....”
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