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The Kids Are Alt-Right: How Punk Got Co-opted by Fascism
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The Kids Are Alt-Right: How Punk Got Co-opted by Fascism

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 / 17 April 2023

Like political populism, punk’s traits and tenets are sufficiently vague, contradictory, and unmoored to be vulnerable to co-option by all political opportunists—including the fascist alt-right.

‘We’re Not Here to Entertain’ Is Not Here to Break the Cycle of Punk’s Failures
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‘We’re Not Here to Entertain’ Is Not Here to Break the Cycle of Punk’s Failures

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 / 29 September 2020

Even as it irritates me, Kevin Mattson's We're Not Here to Entertain is worth reading because it has so much direct relevance to American punks operating today.

The Fascination with Fundamentalism in Hardcore Punk
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The Fascination with Fundamentalism in Hardcore Punk

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 / 20 June 2014
Some bands echoed the Dead Kennedys' anti-Moral Majority messages; others embodied right-wing religion.
Imagine If Crass Was Funny: ‘Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables’
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Imagine If Crass Was Funny: ‘Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables’

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 / 13 June 2014
Told efficiently the veteran chronicler of punk, Alex Ogg, this story reveals that the American underground in the late '70s could match the best of the British punks.
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Jello Biafra & the Guantanamo School Of Medicine

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 / 30 January 2013
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Abandoning the Ear? Punk and Deaf Convergences Part I

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 / 12 November 2012
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No Future: Punk’s 2012 Nostalgia Trip

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 / 28 February 2012
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Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine: The Audacity of Hype

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 / 15 November 2009
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Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (Special 25th Anniversary Edition)

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 / 29 November 2005
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Dead Kennedys: Live at the Deaf Club

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 / 1 April 2004
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Dead Kennedys: Bedtime for Democracy

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 / 10 September 2001
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The Dead Kennedys’ Jello Biafra on Intellectual Property

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 / 24 January 2001