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On Keywords A caveat comes to mind: “When strangers meet, much latitude should be given to accommodate the differences in language, training and culture.” This was used to mediate and ameliorate the...
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1 % One outta hundred of you is worth talkin’ to just who do you think you are your ‘toughness’ is getting real old being a psycho don’t make you anyone except some delusional pride with problems so...
View ArticleDTES NEW YEAR'S FRYBREAD GIVEAWAY
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Peoples Liberation Movement / PLM The People United will never be defeated The People United are you and me and The people united stand together for one another Know your neighbours all across the...
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A Potential Appeal by Neil Benson Getting there gets the job halfway done, may be possible not improbable, doing or not what is expected evidently lies in confidence of a criminals' honor as reliable....
View ArticleAn Update on 317 E Broadway
An Update on 317 E Broadway It’s been several months since the last time we wrote to you, and we truly miss being in touch! Since our last dispatch, Rhizome has wrapped up and closed, and Heartwood...
View ArticleThis Is Me
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View ArticleA Mayor from Long Ago
A Mayor from Long Ago Mayor Art Phillips who ran Vancouver from l972 to 1976 did many good things. But just like other mayors he listened to the developers too. Back in 1975 Phillips and his TEAM...
View ArticleInvisible
Invisible It’s so easy to be invisible To be the one who stands in a corner While others laugh and talk around you To know that whether you’re here or not Makes no difference to them It’s easy to be...
View ArticleHAPPY SALES TO YOU
HAPPY SALES TO YOU Because there’s opium in Afghanistan & oil in Iraq There’s a canal in Panama (and cocaine too) And then there are these (and other things) In Venezuela and Columbia (just you...
View ArticleAn Oak
An Oak I forget about you In front of my window Seven stories tall Swaying in the breeze Leaves like rain Falling in the night Acorns Pinging down Hitting cars Bouncing off Missing peope by inches And...
View ArticleMajor Quake off the Coast
Major Quake off the Coast I clutch onto you, my son, desperate to hold you, desperate to keep you safe as the tremors catch me. I feel you dropping as the earth opens beneath our feet but I cling on. I...
View ArticleWrap Yourself in Dance
Wrap Yourself in Dance I want to tell you Wrap yourself in the dance Let it enfold you Let the dance dance you. Leave behind those memories Like the forgotten leaves On the ground – Stay grounded. Be...
View ArticleTHE GOLDEN BIN
THE GOLDEN BIN I pray this year that i will win The chance to dive that golden bin The golden bin it holds no tin Has coffee, brass and maybe gin It just might hold a dream or two A lotto ticket trips...
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Star Don’t wanna be no rock star crawling on the sidewalk looking for traces of heaven too numb in the skull don’t wanna be no kinda star starring in my own movie combo porn & horror flick with a...
View ArticleTHE NIGHT BEFORE
THE NIGHT BEFORE T'was da night before welfare and all through da land Everybody was starving both woman and man Da minister of welfare was in bed but awake He was getting some so da checks they could...
View ArticleFrom the Library!
From the Library! First of all, the Library staff members want to offer our best wishes to everyone for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. That’s to all our Library visitors, the Community Centre...
View ArticleFrom the Editorâs head
From the Editor’s head This issue has stuff about people far away and (some) long ago. The piece about women in Ireland parallels the piece about those who didn’t change their public tune about...
View ArticleIn Solidarity: Irish Workers and Apartheid in South Africa
In Solidarity: Irish Workers and Apartheid in South Africa By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin On July 19th, 1984, Dunnes Stores worker Mary Manning refused to check out a customer’s South African fruit...
View ArticleNelson Mandela quotes not in the corporate media's obituaries
Nelson Mandela was a powerful and inspirational leader who eloquently and forcefully spoke truth to power. As tributes are published over the coming days, the corporate media will paint a sanitized...
View ArticleNelson Mandela: Obama, Clinton, Cameron, Blair â Tributes of Shameful...
Nelson Mandela: Obama, Clinton, Cameron, Blair – Tributes of Shameful Hypocrisy By Felicity Arbuthnot Accusing politicians or former politicians of “breathtaking hypocrisy” is not just over used, it is...
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