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Aftertaste
By ROSS WILSON
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?
ANGUS REID considers the power of the podcast as a vehicle for consensus building in opposition to mainstream media narratives
GLENN FOSBRAEY recommends a biography worth reading for both existing George Michael fans and those yet to be converted
FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement
KEVIN DONNELLY and MARIA DUARTE review Shoot the People, The Last One For The Road, Rosebush Pruning, and Moana
JAMES WALSH recommends an exceptional documentary about the experience of Western doctors in Gaza
Covid comes up every so often
though much is a blank or a blur
or something sour in a cup
that when you swallow you wear
the aftertaste in a grimace.
Drop a detail on the floor
and like a match tossed to straw
dark corners are lit on what we saw:
how sick the patients were!
Would there be enough ventilators?
Were we safe? Anxious yelling
don’t come near me as you ran
for a shower, clothes stuffed
into a dissolvable bag you ram
into the machine on a high wash.
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