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The Almighty Jar by Stewart Stafford
Protestors in the street chanted: "Crackpot!"
Mocking supreme leader The Almighty Jar,
Rattling it into swift and oleaginous action,
It flipped its lid and sought vengeance.
The jar ordered its troops to open fire,
On the defiant yet unarmed crowd,
But the army flatly refused to obey,
Until the jar started oozing sneakily.
Too late came a decree that military personnel,
Smear Deindividuation serum on themselves,
Freedom fighters stormed the jar's shelf pal
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It would be impossible for me, for instance, to debate the rights and wrongs of the Barcelona fighting with a Communist Party member, because no Communist—that is to say, no ‘good’ Communist—could admit that I have given a truthful account of the facts. If he followed his party ‘line’ dutifully he would have to declare that I am lying or, at best, that I am hopelessly misled and that anyone who glanced at the Daily Worker headlines a thousand miles from the scene of events knows more of what was
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― Homage to Catalonia
― Homage to Catalonia
