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
Brand: PM Press
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By Gabriel Kuhn

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Straight edge has persisted as a drug-free, hardcore punk subculture for 25 years. Its political legacy, however, remains ambiguous—often associated with self-righteous macho posturing and conservative puritanism. While certain elements of straight edge culture feed into such perceptions, the movement’s political history is far more complex. Since straight edge’s origins in Washington, DC, in the early 1980s, it has been linked to radical thought and action by countless individuals, bands, and entire scenes worldwide. Sober Living for the Revolution traces this history. It includes contributions—in the form of in-depth interviews, essays, and manifestos—by numerous artists and activists connected to straight edge, from Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat/Fugazi) and Mark Andersen (Dance of Days/Positive Force DC) to Dennis Lyxzén (Refused/The (International) Noise Conspiracy) and Andy Hurley (Racetraitor/Fall Out Boy), from bands such as ManLiftingBanner and Point of No Return to feminist and queer initiatives, from radical collectives like CrimethInc. and Alpine Anarchist Productions to the Emancypunx project and many others dedicated as much to sober living as to the fight for a better world.

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: illustrated
Number of Pages:: 304
Release Date:: 2010-02-01
Publication Date:: 2010-02-01
Publisher:: PM Press
Languages:: Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:: 1604860510
ISBN13:: 9781604860511
Weight:: 417 g
Height:: 22.8 cm
Width:: 15.2 cm
Thickness:: 1.7 cm

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