Sober Living for the Revolution: Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge And Radical Politics Book Presentation

dublin | anti-capitalism | event notice Thursday May 05, 2011 12:32 by Seomra Spraoi

Book presentation in the seomra spraoi social centre - Fri 13 May, 6pm

Sober Living for the Revolution: Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge And Radical Politics Book Presentation by Gabriel Kuhn

Since straight edge's origins in Washington, D.C. 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

Sober Living for the Revolution: Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge And Radical Politics Book Presentation

Since straight edge's origins in Washington, D.C. 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.