{"product_id":"sober-living-for-the-revolution-hardcore-punk-straight-edge-and-radical-politics-paperback","title":"Sober Living for the Revolution: Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge, and Radical Politics - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGabriel Kuhn\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStraight 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 perceptions, the movement's political history is far more complex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince straight edge's origins in Washington, DC, in the early 1980s, it has been linked to radical thought and action by countless individuals, bands, and entire scenes worldwide. \u003cem\u003eSober Living for the Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e traces this history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt includes contributions--in the form of in-depth interviews, essays, and manifestos--by numerous artists and activists connected to straight edge, from Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat\/Fugazi) and Mark Andersen (\u003cem\u003eDance of Days\u003c\/em\u003e\/Positive Force DC) to Dennis Lyxzén (Refused\/The (International) Noise Conspiracy) and Andy Hurley (Racetraitor\/Fall Out Boy), from bands such as ManLiftingBanner and Point of No Return to feminist and queer initiatives, from radical collectives like CrimethInc. and Alpine Anarchist Productions to the Emancypunx project and many others dedicated as much to sober living as to the fight for a better world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGabriel Kuhn \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eLife Under the Jolly Roger: Reflections on Golden Age Piracy \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWomen Pirates and the Politics of the Jolly Roger\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52913953472736,"sku":"9781604860511","price":26.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/3bmW1Eg1c69781604860511.webp?v=1781629112","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/sober-living-for-the-revolution-hardcore-punk-straight-edge-and-radical-politics-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}