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Eve Ensler on Adrienne Rich

“She taught me that the lives of women existed in the future. And that language was the pathway to that future. She taught me women were living lives inside constructs of lives and that poetic grace and surprise could reveal … Continue reading

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Peed Off

Pants panic purchase of Pasties postage and petrol by Pathetic pandering politicians in Pockets of private porcorations

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Roger Lloyd Pack recites Wilfred Owen

Who says poetry is not political? Certainly, not me. http://www.counterfire.org/index.php/articles/46-video/15509-wilfred-owens-message-to-the-war-mongers

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broadcast #8

refrain of war speeding up…..the warped battlecry sung again…the death rattle of peace…the forecast is war…

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broadcast # 1

di-di-dit…dah-dah-dah…di-di-dit………………..follow that star…………………………………….keep up with the paperwork………………….boiling water and a sachet………………order nemetodes if you have money……………….a bucket and secs work just as weIl………………..if you deny death then life takes its toll……………………..stick the knife in to open the packet………………………………….does not make … Continue reading

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#WordlessWednesday: Strike! #N30 All Out (and about)

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In the Swim

I have been finding it tougher than ever to combine study and being a mother. The MA is absorbing and I am learning plenty but struggling to find the time to do it justice. Sam is settled into school and … Continue reading

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#WordlessWednesday #SaveOurNHS #Eczema

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Nadine Dorries “I am pro-choice and pro-women’s rights” Really?!

Take a deep breath before you read this by Dorries in the Daily Mail today-it goes for the emotional jugular- and then imagine how you would feel if you had to have ‘independent’ counselling of the kind Dorries is advocating. … Continue reading

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Memo of a Demo

Kids smoking rollups Looking cool with filters Pushing a butcher’s bike Stuffed with subwhoofers “Fuck You I won’t Do What You Tell Me” The protest posse posing for the long lens of the press pack Do they know that demos … Continue reading

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