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- Title
Anarcho-punk and resistance in everyday life.
- Authors
Dunn, Kevin
- Abstract
Punk and anarchism have frequently been linked within the popular imagination. Many of the original punks employed the circle-A symbol for its shock value, but for many bands and individuals who followed, anarchism came to mean more than a symbolic affectation. Inspired by bands such as Crass, an anarcho-punk culture evolved that connected punk's do-it-yourself (DIY) ethos with anarchism's perpetual struggle against hierarchies. Today, anarcho-punk continues to be vibrant across the globe, though often outside of the mainstream gaze. Drawing upon extensive global research, this article explores the ways in which anarcho-punk offers its adherents opportunities for political resistance within their daily lives. The article begins with a brief summary of the development of anarcho-punk, then explores how various anarcho-punks conceive of 'anarchism'. The article contends that anarcho-punks are currently important in reviving and sustaining anarchism as a political way of being. The article then examines some of the ways in which anarcho-punks practice anarchism and resistance in their everyday lives, focusing on squats, youth houses, touring bands, and DIY record labels and distros. The article concludes with a critical examination of the potential of anarcho-punk for a sustained project of political resistance.
- Subjects
PUNK culture; EVERYDAY life; ANARCHISM; ETHOS (The Greek word); SOCIALISM; LIBERTARIANISM
- Publication
Punk & Post Punk, 2012, Vol 1, Issue 2, p201
- ISSN
2044-1983
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1386/punk.1.2.201_1