Good things come to those who wait…
Punk Anarchy in Action! is the third volume in the Anarchism and Punk Book Project series. It will provide activist and scholarly accounts of how anarchism and punk overlap in practice. From various corners of Europe, Southeast Asia and the Americas, this collection of chapters tackles themes including: anti-fascism; violence; religion and anti-religion; Total Liberation and intersectionality; squatting; queer feminism; veganism and animal liberation; and ageing in radical scenes. Things are rarely straightforward in everyday lived experience, even less so in diverse punk countercultures informed by non-doctrinaire anarchist philosophies. These thoughtful and critical analyses draw from first-hand experience to explore the complex issues that arise when we encounter PUNK ANARCHY IN ACTION!
The cover art, by the inimitable Steve Larder, will look a little something like this:
And the contents list has all this lovely stuff in it:
- ‘Fuck Nazi sympathy’: punk, anarchism, and antifascism (Stanislav Vysotsky)
- Punk, anarchy and near-violent communication: notes on conflict mediation in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo (Guilherme Falleiros and Fhoutine Marie)
- Our violence is a reaction: hardline, anarcho-primitivism, and the limitations of radical hardcore punk (Benjamin Hedge Olson)
- Deconstructing straight edge Total Liberation ethics through lyrics and music (Chrisa Christoforidou)
- One punk’s journey through anarchism, punk and Buddhism in Myanmar (Kyaw Kyaw The Rebel Riot [with a post-script by Emily O’Dell])
- Doing it for ourselves: punk political praxis in the Hackney squatting scene (1988-1990) (Rebecca Binns)
- No illusions: anarchist opportunities and limits in Detroit punk (Ben Arthur Thomason)
- Punk and anarchism in the Netherlands, 1977-1982 (Herman de Tollenaere in interview with Chris P Kale)
- The punk scene in post-dictatorship Buenos Aires: anarchism and the emergence of radical intersectionality in Argentina (Hasan Karakilinc)
- Change the system when the crisis becomes total: a unique vision of anarchism in contemporary Portuguese punk (Paula Guerra)
- Priestess of punk: Exene Cervenka, anarcha-feminism, anti-war actions, and the Riot Grrrl connection (Caroline Kaltefleiter)
- The German Ladyfest network: An anarchafeminist revolution in local DIY scenes? (Louise Barrière)
- Has sexism persisted in the anarcho/d-beat/crust (ADC) community since 2007? (Donna Manion)
- Punkriarchy? Anarcha-feminism and understanding older women’s experiences of punk (Laura Way)
- Old anarchists and punks: aging in youthful subcultures and countercultures (Dana M Williams)
- Anarcho-punk is just the start: politicisation and animal rights in UK punk rock, 1988-present (Paul Benton in interview with Len Tilbürger)
- No cages, no fences: the voice of animal liberation in Brazilian anarchist punk (Márcio A Buchholz and Carlos Alberto Oliveira [translated by Coletiva Lingua])
- Veganism, animal liberation and punk counter-culture: an interview with Chris Hines, Will Boisseau and Jim Donaghey
So it’s another substantial tome! We’re aiming for publication before the end of the year – watch this space.