CrimethInc. 'Punk: Dangerous Utopia'. CrimethInc, 2023.
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I've always loved @crimethincredux stuff. They were my re-entry into anarchism after wandering away in my 20s. Some might say CrimethInc's for the kids, and it is, but the rebellious joy and poetry of crusties and activists isn't present elsewhere at their scale and accessibility. Everyone needs a bit of romance and CrimethInc are romantics.
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'Punk: Dangerous Utopia' is a zine version of the foreword to @activedistribution 's recent book, 'Smash The System! Punk Anarchism as a Culture of Resistance'. It's good. An overview of how punk came out of hippy counterculture, "like a bacteria that had become immune to antibiotics." (6)
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The zine starts, "Let's imagine the ideal cultural vehicle for anarchism." (2) It goes on to describe what seems like an utopian vision but is really all the best parts of punk. CrimethInc's language is tasty. Witness: "Afflict the comfortable, comfort the afflicted." (2) There are many quotable parts to this zine.
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With everything that has happened in the past year and is still happening, it's easy to become despondent, but I think like the punk practice of DIY, ya just gotta get out there and do something. Movement is life. Inertia is death. Maybe read this zine and get inspired to do more in '24.
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