I have a lot of opinions

This is the one song everyone / would like to learn: the song / that is irresistible:

the song that forces men / to leap overboard in squadrons / even though they see the beached skulls

the song nobody knows / because everyone who has heard it / is dead, and the others can't remember.

Shall I tell you the secret / and if I do, will you get me / out of this bird suit?

I don't enjoy it here / squatting on this island / looking picturesque and mythical

with these two feathery maniacs, / I don't enjoy singing / this trio, fatal and valuable.

I will tell this secret to you, / to you, only to you. / Come closer. This song

is a cry for help: Help me! / Only you, only you can, / you are unique

On this day, 12 August 2017, 32-year-old anti-racist Heather Heyer was killed and dozens injured in a white supremacist terrorist attack in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Heyer was one of thousands of people protesting against a Unite the Right rally of neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan activists and other white nationalists and antisemites, when she was hit by a car driven at speed deliberately into the crowd by a 20-year-old Nazi, who was pictured previously on the Unite the Right protest holding a shield emblazoned with the logo of Vanguard America, a far right group.

Elsewhere in the city, another group of fascists attacked and viciously beat DeAndre Harris, a young Black education worker, leaving him with spinal and other injuries.

Then-president Donald Trump described some of the neo-Nazis as "very fine people".

Over the next few years, over 100 other vehicular attacks took place, mostly targeted at Black Lives Matter protesters, killing several and injuring dozens.

Republican lawmakers responded by attempting to introduce laws to legalise attacks, or prevent lawsuits against attackers who killed protesters with their vehicles in at least 15 states, successfully introducing them in states such as Florida, Iowa and Oklahoma.

More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8376/heather-heyer-murdered

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The Trump administration has imposed a permanent 12.5 per cent tariff on Australian goods after accusing Canberra of failing to adequately police forced labour in its supply chains.

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“Do you know why I pulled you over?” is a trap. It means there’s a good chance the officer doesn’t actually have a good reason to ticket you, and is trying to get you to waive your 5th Amendment rights and incriminate yourself. If you make a guess, that’s a confession of guilt.

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Every single person has the power to make a meaningful impact on the planet. I had the most fireflies in my town this summer simply because I have a large area where the grass is never cut.