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

by Kuhn, Gabriel

• ISBN13: 9781604860511
• ISBN10: 1604860510
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-01
• Publisher: PM Press

Summary

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 perception, the movement's political history is far more complex.

Author Biography

Gabriel Kuhn is the author of Life Under the Jolly Roger: Reflections on Golden Age Piracy and Women Pirates and the Politics of the Jolly Roger.

Table of Contents

Timeline	p. 8
Introduction	p. 12
Bands
Minor Threat - Interview	p. 22
ManLiftingBanner - Interview	p. 44
Refused - Interview	p. 53
The Shape of Punk to Come	p. 63
Point of No Return - Bending to Stay Straight	p. 67
Interview	p. 87
New Winds - Interview	p. 97
Scenes
Israel - Interview	p. 110
Sweden - Interview	p. 118
Interview	p. 128
Poland - Interview	p. 130
USA - Interview	p. 149
Manifestos
XsaraqaeIX - The Antifa Straight Edge	p. 154
Interview with XsaraqaeIX	p. 160
CrimethInc. - Wasted Indeed: Anarchy and Alcohol	p. 164
Interview with Crimethlnc. agent Carrie No Nation	p. 172
Towards a Less Fucked Up World: Sobriety and Anarchist Struggle	p. 176
Afterword: Towards a Less Fucked Up World: Five Years and Counting	p. 193
Reflections
My Edge Is Anything But Straight: Towards a Radical Queer Critique of Intoxication Culture	p. 200
öThe Only Thing I'm Drunk on is Cock"(Interview)	p. 213
Emancypunx (Interview)	p. 218
xsisterhoodx (Interview)	p. 233
When the Edge Turns Crust (Interview)	p. 240
Straight Edge, Anarcho-Primitivism, and the Collapse (Interview)	p. 247
Perspectives
Hardcore Network (Interview)	p. 260
Between Culture and Politics: Straight Edge as Intuitive Resistance	p. 266
Queen of the PC Police	p. 278
Why I'm Still Straight Edge	p. 282
Building Bridges, Not Barriers: Positive Force DC, Straight Edge, and Revolution	p. 286
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