POLITICS, POETRY & SATIRE
tabloid burnt offerings grovel to my dictates shock horror twerking scandal! if you could ask Elvis, would he not say my heaving gyrations transcend colour, sex, class and race? your acquiescence in this rotting pop corn age my attention-seeking militates. tread those egg shells lightly i throw down each day, my name writ smooth and …
Dear Amanda Palmer, We appreciate your engagement with the cultural boycott in your statement on your blog [1], and would like to clarify to you that while your kickstarter house party does not fall within the ambit of the Palestinian-led boycott, because of its private nature and the absence of institutional backing, the gig at …
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Dear Amanda Palmer, We recently became aware that you plan to breach the call by Palestinian Civil Society to boycott Israel. You announced on your website you plan to perform in Tel Aviv on October 23 at the Barby. We respectfully ask you, as a musician of conscience, not to close your mind to the …
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The Fall Don’t expect me to care about your empire its sacrifices, its bloody flag that hides money men from scrutiny your capitalism, your patriarchy your imbalances, your hatred for trees, your intrepid ‘pioneers’, your usurpers, your love for hard-footed soil-squandering sheep, cattle and goats, always the goats, eroding, as you do, you and your …
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Of Stoats and Boats So here’s the day of voting depression where Murdoch bigans pervert the election, democratic choice stolen by stoats Minime Canutes can’t stop the boats but piss on the people to rise the tide of ignorance, racism and bigotry inside this greedy country that doesn’t want to share and still bleats “Advance …
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