“HARDCORE PUNK, __ STRAIGHT EDGE, sx RADICAL | aaSober Living for the Revolution: Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge And Radical Polities Edited by Gabriel Kuhn. ISBN: 978-1-60486-051-1 LCCN: 2009901398 ‘This edition copyright ©2010 PM Press Copyright for work com ned within thisbook remains with the original writers. All Rights Reserved PM Press PO Box 23912, Oakland, CA 94623 www.pmpress.org Layout by Daniel Melezer Cover art by John Yates Back Cover Photograph by Nina Hansson (Umea, Sweden, 2009) Printed in the USA, on recycled paperTable of Contents Timeline... Introduction. Chapter 1: Bands ¢ = Minor Threat - Interview with lan MacKaye + ManLiftingBanner - Interview with Michiel Bakker, Olav van den Berg, and Paul van den Berg... © Refused - Interview with Dennis Heat The Shape of Punk to Come * Point of No Return - Bending to Stay Straight Interview with Frederico Freitas ° New Winds - Interview with Bruno “Break” Teixeira Chapter 2: Scenes ¢ Israel - Interview with Janathan Pollack............... ©) Sweden - Interview with Tanja......cc.cceceeeeee Interview with Gabriel Cardenas * Poland - Interview with Robert Matusiak ............. ¢ USA- Interview with Kurt Schroeder ... Chapter 3: Manifestos * XsaraqaelX - The Antifa Straight Edge Interview with Xsaraqaelx * Crimethinc. - Wasted Indeed: Anarchy and Alcohol Interview with Crimethinc. agent Carrie No Nation * Nick Riotfag - Towards a Less Fucked Up World: Sobriety and Anarchist Struggle Afterword: Towards a Less Fucked Up World: Five Years and Counting 22 44 53 63 67 -97 110 118 128 130 149 154 160 164 172 176 193