Anarcho-punks who are you?

Hi Gemma, I'd appreciate it if you could possibly clarify a few things:

1. Could you provide some more details on what this study is? Is it school work, uni, personal interest, market research, etc?
2. could you clarify the 'this' you refer to in "it would be a big help if anyone would if be willing to shear there views on this"?
3. Are you referring to Melbourne, Australia (as I know there's a city in the US too)?

cheers.

 

What it means to me: Freedom (in all ways). I found punk the best music in which i could express my anarchist ideas and my general frustrations. I prefer the sub-culture to metal and others because punk has always been empowering to every individual no matter who you are: "don't like our music? start your own band!", "the system is fucking us over! Protest next week!", "don't agree? don't give a shit! but i'll still listen to what ya have to say". I spent some time in the metal subculture and found that it was just another clique and people went to gigs just to forget. A punk gig is more like an activist speech and call for revolution to me. Punk doesn't end at 1AM when after a good concert, it mixes with anarchy when you're squaring off with the police. Anarcho-punk has no definition but to me it means you're ready to do something instead of just sit back and work a shitty job your whole life and then get no fucking pension!

 

Hi gemma,

I'm new to this, but I would love to share my thoughts:

I don't have a clear understanding of Anarcho and punk together, but I definitely can comment on them separately! Like I'm sure you've heard and will most likely hear more of, punk means, to me, a philosophy of individuality, autonomy, and community. The reason that I find conflict with authority and punk is not because punk inherently rebellious, but because authority infringes upon....Individuality. Autonomy. And Community. I do not want to call myself punk because, personally, I find that "a label by any other name smells just as rancid." Follow the advice from our Saturday morning cartoons and "be yourself," "you CAN do it!" and "Sharing is caring." At least to me, it means that.

 

And then, for anarchism, I see a clear link to those same ideals. Just like you shouldn't let others force you to change if you don't want to, a community shouldn't be at the whims of people or groups outside that community. Neither the person telling you what to wear or what the good music is nor the institution that governs 3000 miles away are to be knelt to. Or at least, that is the goal. Punk asks for people to be empowered, as does anarchism. Punk is a community that is a musical forum of thought, exchange, and sometimes action; anarchism wants people to freely exchange, help each other, and be strong without power hierarchy. Hell, even the concept of "private property" is relevant between it's obvious component in an anarchistic and egalitarian group, and punks squatting and sharing, even when they have less than others who do not share at all.

 

Greetings Gemma,

To me Anarcho punk is many things. It is a music scene, a community, a revolution, expression,freedom. Anarcho punk is the rejection of all that society tells us to be, unthinking cogs. Although at the same time I think it has negative side, that of hedonism. Some are content to anesthetize themselves and not progress. We need to think of better ways to live than cowering like vermin in the carcass of a concrete giant.