"The only thing that was on my mindWas just shoving my dick up this bitch's behindI looked at the girl and saidBabe, your ass ain't nothing but a base hitI'm going to have to get rid of your ass, yeah'Cause you're on my dick, dick, ding-a-ling."
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Appalled
I was appalled and disgusted with the lies and attacks in Barry Sheppard's article, "Democrats sabotage Nader-Camejo campaign" (GLW #595), on the Green Party, its processes and its candidates. You, along with the scum at Counterpunch, have
Sue Bolton, Melbourne
In a shock decision, three Appeals Court judges on August 27 overturned a County Court sentence and jailed former Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) Victorian state secretary Craig Johnston for taking part in a 2001
Working stiffs, as always
"Most rich people are able to avoid taxes, and if you can't raise enough money from taxing the rich, guess who pays the taxes?" — Emperor George Bush II, August 11, defending his tax policy.
Land of opportunity
"The
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
Sacco & Vanzetti: Agony and triumph
Ocean Press, 2004119 pages, $18 (pb)
It was just another payroll robbery with murder in the US in South Braintree, Massachusetts, on April 15, 1920, and the Slater & Morrill Shoe
Doug Lorimer
Despite attempts by New York City Republican mayor Michael Bloomberg to deny them permits, protests during the August 30-September 2 Republican Party national convention are expected to draw tens of thousands of anti-war activists.
Mission Impossible: the Sheiks, the US and the Future of IraqBy Paul McGeoughQuarterly Essay 14, 2004Black Inc117 pages, $13.95 (pb)
REVIEW BY ALEX MILLER
There can be no doubt that Sydney Morning Herald journalist Paul McGeough has got bottle.
Eva Cheng
In January 1994, China's State Council announced a plan to lift 80 million households in 592 rural counties out of poverty within seven years. Dubbed the "Eight-seven plan", the scheme targeted counties with an annual per capita income of
Zoe Kenny, Melbourne
The "Punish Howard" student rally in Melbourne on August 19 was lively and upbeat and there were a number of contingents from places that haven't attended rallies in a while, including Victoria University and several high
Max Lane
On August 21, Chuzaini, the radical left-wing Peoples Democratic Party's chairperson in the Javanese provincial town of Pekalongan, died in the local prison. PRD national chairperson Yusuf Lakaseng told the Indonesian National Human Rights
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