Watch the butcher shine his knives
And this town is full of battered wives
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They shut it down
They pulled it down
They shut it down
They pulled it down
Round and round, up and down
Through the streets of your town
Everyday I make my way
Through the streets of your town
— Brisbane rock band the Go-Betweens
commentary of Brisbane in the 1970s.… Go to Article
How humane and civilized! Stole my land Burned my trees Jailed my sun Killed my children Drank their blood Then ground their bones at McDonnell-Douglas And offered them back to me As a present In a flour-sack To torture me all my life This is America Nasri Hajjaj
Editors Note: This article is one of the first published by Workers BushTelegraph on the WordPress platform.… Go to Article
