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Credit Crunch Suicide: poem about the bankers’ crash by Anna Chen

Ten years of austerity since the credit crunch crisis and we’re even worse off while the rich doubled their wealth since 2008 It is ten years since the bankers’ crash went full blown and what have we done? Austerity, Macjobs, disabled payments cuts, a spiteful bedroom tax costing more to administer than is collected, tax […]

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Sisters: poem from the Fabulous Ninja Gurl about feminism and politics as sleight of hand

Put the blame on BAME, why don’tcha? Yelling that you stand up against social injustice does not mean that you do. One of the things that has shocked me the most about my time in the left is how various characters can say and write one thing, and then do the exact opposite, like words

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Thatcher dies, Judy Garland banned: BBC asks Wizard for brain, courage and heart

Flying monkeys force Wizard of Oz to ban “Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead”. Munchkins furious and appeal to Glenda the White Witch to intercede. Judy Garland banned, the Lollipop Guild crushed. Rainbow privatised and handed over to the chaps in the Emerald City. It would take a heart of stone not to laugh at

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