Sober Living for the Revolution Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge, and Radical Politics

Name: Sober Living for the Revolution Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge, and Radical Politics
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ISBN: 9781604860511

ISBN-10: 1604860510

ISBN-13: 9781604860511

Edition: 2010

Authors: Gabriel Kuhn

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Examining the multigenerational impact of punk rock music, this international survey of the political-punk straight edge movementwhich has persisted as a drug-free, hardcore subculture for more than 25 yearstraces its history from 1980s Washington, DC, to today. Asserting that drugs are not necessarily rebellious and that not all rebels do them, the record also defies common conceptions of straight edge's political legacy as being associated with self-righteous, macho posturing and conservative Puritanism. On the contrary, the movement has been linked to radical thought and action by the countless individuals, bands, and entire scenes profiled throughout the discussion. Lively and…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: PM Press
Publication date: 2/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.902

Gabriel Kuhn is a freelance writer.



Timeline


Introduction



Bands


Minor Threat - Interview



ManLiftingBanner - Interview



Refused - Interview



The Shape of Punk to Come


Point of No Return - Bending to Stay Straight


Interview



New Winds - Interview




Scenes


Israel - Interview



Sweden - Interview



Interview



Poland - Interview



USA - Interview




Manifestos


XsaraqaeIX - The Antifa Straight Edge


Interview with XsaraqaeIX


CrimethInc. - Wasted Indeed: Anarchy and Alcohol


Interview with Crimethlnc. agent Carrie No Nation


Towards a Less Fucked Up World: Sobriety and Anarchist Struggle



Afterword: Towards a Less Fucked Up World: Five Years and Counting



Reflections


My Edge Is Anything But Straight: Towards a Radical Queer Critique of Intoxication Culture



ï¿½The Only Thing I'm Drunk on is Cock"(Interview)



Emancypunx (Interview)



xsisterhoodx (Interview)



When the Edge Turns Crust (Interview)



Straight Edge, Anarcho-Primitivism, and the Collapse (Interview)




Perspectives


Hardcore Network (Interview)



Between Culture and Politics: Straight Edge as Intuitive Resistance



Queen of the PC Police



Why I'm Still Straight Edge



Building Bridges, Not Barriers: Positive Force DC, Straight Edge, and Revolution