The Philosophy of Punk
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Contents
Introductionby Marc Bayard
Prefaceby the author
Why Punk:Background comparisons with previous art movements; some defining characteristics of punk.
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Media Misrepresentations: How television, glossy magazines, and mindless mass media have done their best to defang the beast.
Skinheads:Who they are, where they're from and do they have to do with punk anyway.
Intra-Movement Communication:Fanzines-communcation from the Xerox machine to the underground.
Anarchism:An alternative to existing systems. What it is and why it is embraced by punks all over the world. The failure of "bought and paid for" politicians has ensured a counterculture receptive to the idea that we would be better off without these vampires.
Gender Issues:Sexism, feminism and open homosexuality.
Environmentalism and Ecological Concerns:The ideas and techniques of Earth First, ALF, and others have found a comfortable home in the punk scene.
Straight Edge:A movement that went from being a minor threat to a convervative, conformist no threat.
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