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Rise Up and Abandon the Creeping Meatball
Remember what Jean Shepherd said about creeping meatballism being the passive acquiescence of people who surrender to the demands of the consumer culture and collaborate in their own manipulation? In the Great Satan back in the 1960s, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and three of their friends founded the counterculture-oriented Youth International Party whose slogan […]
Mullen
Mullen is an Alternative Rock musician from Australia. He writes songs that are politically charged, socially aware and have an intelligence that will challenge you to delve into your rebellious side. Mullen’s debut album “intox”, which is due to be released in early 2017, exploits political corruption and government brainwashing. It also deals with […]
Debra Torrance Writing
News, Articles and Opinion Peace pipes vs pepper spray Strong, Stable and Unavailable Plastic Pleurisy The G Word No Place Like Home -But Where is Home When You’re On Wheels? Plastic Pleurisy Part Poo Wonders of the Fair Pride Glasgow 2018 Stop telling women what to wear and how to look! Reviews Glasgow Festival Review […]
Peace Pipes vs Pepper Spray
So for a while now I’ve been watching events in Dakota unfold. Protests against a massive pipeline for crude oil to travel across the United States, Canada and First Peoples Nations. My brother had a girlfriend from Vancouver, she was from the Kwakwaka’wakw tribe and shared lots of great and wise stories with our family. […]
Jagdeesh Singh
Jagdeesh Singh is 46 years old, born in the UK in 1970 to Panjaabi-Sikh migrant parents. Like his father before him, and grandfather and more, Jagdeesh has been a passionate campaigner on multi-global issues like the rights of small nations to free statehood to the global environmental crisis brought about by insensitive human rampage to […]
On Poetry
I have been writing now in earnest for around 25 years. I started writing TV and film scripts, and then moved to playwriting before – a little over a year ago – I found myself inexplicably returning to poetry (where in truth it all began) – this time, however, I found I had a […]
Drunk Uncle Trump
He rants and he raves And he waves his finger Just like your drunk uncle (Although he’s a better singer) He’d like to deport everyone And build a big wall He doesn’t see a single Problem with that at all He’ll try and grab your pussy With his tiny orange hands How is he close […]
Derek Stewart Macpherson Articles
News, Articles and Opinion The Greatest Financial Scam of All Time Derek from Dublin Lest We Forget: the Clydebank Blitz The Hitchhikers’ Guide To The 2017 Local Elections Left, Right and Centre Power: A Winter’s Tale Ursula K. Le Guin – A Personal Tribute The Battle of Hawthorne Town Hall Stop. Seriously, just stop. Now!
The Greatest Financial Scam Of All Time
First published June 7th 2014 Well, somebody has to say it, so it might as well be me. Privatisation is very probably the biggest financial scam of all time. It dwarves anything else I can think of. LIBOR? Fiddling small change. The original Charles Ponzi? Amateur! There has been renewed talk of privatisation recently, […]