Back in New York in November 1981 to work on their next album, Combat Rock, the legendary Beat poet and Howl-author Allen Ginsberg also turned up at the studio with his friend Peter Orloffsky and contributed a spoken-word section to the track Ghetto Defendant, a song about heroin undermining political organisation in the ghetto. Ginsberg had researched the US punk scene and included references to “slam dance” and “the worm”. | The Clash

"""Look at this piece of ghetto trash,"" the judge sneered at the Black Marine. He was about to sentence him, to teach him his ""place."" He had no idea a 2-Star General was about to walk in and end his entire career with a single salute. This is the moment a corrupt courtroom was brought to its knees. ""Look at this piece of ghetto trash."" Judge Harrison Whitmore III glared down from his bench. His black robes couldn't hide the sneer, twisting his pale face as he stared at the defendant standi