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Revolutionary Rhymes

Palestinian-American performance poet and activist Remi Kanazi reciting his poem “Revolution” for Revolutionary Rhymes in London. In memory of Mustafa Tamimi. Related Links Anti-apartheidist and supporter of Palestinian rights Archbishop Desmond Tutu supports the Occupy movement. ‘In a letter to OWS, Tutu describes Trinity Church, on Wall Street, as an “esteemed and valued old . . . → Read More if you dare: Revolutionary Rhymes

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Rafeef Ziadah – “Shades of Anger”

Rafeef Ziadah in London on the 12th November, 2011. “You tell me I send my children out to die, But those are your copters, your F-16s in our skies.” Samah Sabawi will be presenting at the Labor Fringe in Sydney on the 3rd December 12.45pm to 2pm at Darling Harbour – make sure you . . . → Read More if you dare: Rafeef Ziadah – “Shades of Anger”

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Poetry for a Revolution

No time to blog at present, annoyingly, so here’s a poem by Rafeef Ziadah “We Teach Life, Sir” which is receiving deserved accolades round the globe. Rafeef’s thoughts contrast with the colonising of the Occupy Wall Street movement by the liberal ziolobby, which claims legitimacy in the OWS since titularly it opposes the Israeli Occupation . . . → Read More if you dare: Poetry for a Revolution

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Infinite Parallel Universes

Blessed with a mother who was an astronomer, I was introduced to the marvellous concept of infinity when very young. ‘Somewhere, there’s someone just like you saying everything you say up to this point in your life, but their next word will be different’, she imagined, and I imagined along with her, determined to trick . . . → Read More if you dare: Infinite Parallel Universes

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Zizek on the One State REAL Solution

In the ABC religion and ethics section, Slavoj Zizek speaks about the fictitious two state solution, annunciating that which many of us already know: ‘If there is a lesson to be learned from the protracted negotiations, it is that the greatest obstacle to peace is what is offered as the realistic solution – the creation . . . → Read More if you dare: Zizek on the One State REAL Solution

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The Canberra School

The Canberra School Economists as extremists of irrational faith, acolytes of daily newsprint parsing icons of inflation and recession with fringe benefits doctrines of gain through pain, while wealth breeds wealth by stealth. Keynes, Smith and Friedman – Thatcher, Keating, Reagan, the pedantic pantheons and sacrifice of certainty. Economists as pampered disciples, their J curved . . . → Read More if you dare: The Canberra School

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Football Triptych

1. FOOTBALL SCRUMS Sniffing bums in football scrums Look out boys, here we come! I’ll motherfuck your fatherfuck ‘cos cock is proud and cunt’s uncool, meatpies, kangaroos and cars any excuse to stick it up their arse. No shit, cut the crap have another anal fetish. No way I’m gay bull to the planet female . . . → Read More if you dare: Football Triptych

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Suheir Hammad – magnificent poetry

Sometimes I use this blog to remind myself later of people who add to the weft and weave to transform for a moment my wretched, mundane existence into a dance of possibilities and wishes. Suheir is possessed by the muse – when she performs it is the whole woman, the laughing medusa of Helene Cixous, . . . → Read More if you dare: Suheir Hammad – magnificent poetry

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