Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
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Tim Wells - Stand Up and Spit
AKIN to a Kardashian, spoken word puts a worth to engagement.
It’s not enough to say it, it’s important to be it or, at least, be seen to be it.
But for every Poet on the Picket Line there’s a poet crossing the picket line. Yes, they may say they care about the strike but their words are just too important not to be heard from a stage.
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