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<p>New book on the aesthetics of anarcho-punk released…<br>
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<i>The Aesthetic of Our Anger. Anarcho-Punk, Politics and Music</i><br>
Edited by Mike Dines & Matthew Worley <br>
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Punk is one of the most fiercely debated post-war subcultures.
Despite the attention surrounding the movement’s origins, analyses
of punk have been drawn predominantly from a now well-trodden
historical narrative. This simplification of punk’s histories
erases its breadth and vibrancy, leaving out bands from Crass to
the Subhumans who took the call for anarchy in the UK seriously.<br>
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Disillusioned by the commercialization of punk, the anarcho-punk
scene fought against dependence on large record labels.
Anarcho-punk re-ignited the punk ethos, including a return to an
‘anyone-can-do-it’ culture of music production and performance.
Anarcho-punk encouraged focused political debate and
self-organised subversive activities, from a heightened awareness
to issues of personal freedom and animal rights to the development
of local cooperatives where musicians, artists and like-minded
people could meet. <br>
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The anarcho-punk movement helped to reignite a serious anarchist
movement in the UK and inspired actions challenging the
Thatcher-Reagan axis. <i>The Aesthetic of Our Anger</i> explores
the development of the anarcho-punk scene from the late 1970s,
raising questions over the origins of the scene, its form,
structure and cultural significance examining how anarcho-punk
moved away from using ‘anarchy’ as mere connotation and shock
value towards an approach that served to make punk a threat again.<br>
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Contributors: George McKay, David Solomons, Russ Bestley, Ana
Raposo, Helen Reddington, Rich Cross, Matt Grimes, Pete Webb,
Michael Murphy, Alastair Gordon, Mike Dines, Pete Dale, Steve
Ignorant, and the Free Association.<br>
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PDF available freely online:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.minorcompositions.info/?p=791">http://www.minorcompositions.info/?p=791</a><br>
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Released by Minor Compositions, Colchester / Brooklyn / Port
Watson<br>
Minor Compositions is a series of interventions & provocations
drawing from autonomous politics, avant-garde aesthetics, and the
revolutions of everyday life.<br>
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Minor Compositions is an imprint of Autonomedia<br>
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Minor Compositions is a series of interventions
& provocations drawing from autonomous politics,
avant-garde aesthetics, and the
revolutions of everyday life.
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