[The Motherfuckers are] a street gang with analysis.
—Osha Neumann
Fuck shit up!
—hardcore punk catchphrase
Conservatives are the new punk.
—alt-right-lite catchphrase
When I read Michael “Bommi” Baumann’s political memoir Wie Alles Anfing/How It All Began in 1979, about his experiences as a West German urban guerrilla, I took to heart his slogan: “Words cannot save us! Words don’t break chains! The deed alone makes us free! Destroy what destroys you!” The feeling behind his words resonated with the aggressive, direct action-oriented anarchism I’d developed since 1968, but by the late ‘80s I’d abbreviated those sentiments into the phrase “fuck shit up.” Fuck shit up was a hardcore punk war cry. Bands from Useless Pieces of Shit to Blatz wrote songs with the saying in the title and the lyrics. There’s no more punk an expression than “fuck shit up,” which is abbreviated FSU in graffiti. Continue reading →
March 1, 2019
Categories: "Lefty" Hooligan, "What's Left?", 1960s, 1968, 1970s, anarchism, hippie, Maximum Rocknroll, pacifism, Politics, punk, rock and roll, rock music, rock'n'roll, street politics, Western Civilization . Tags: "Destroy What Destroys You!", 211 Boot Boys, American Renaissance, Anal Chinook, anarchism, Ann Coulter, anti-antifa vigilantism, anti-racism, Anti-Racist Action, “Western chauvinism”, Black Power, Blatz, bodyguard muscle, Boston Beatdown videos, Boston Fuck Shit Up/FSU, Boston hardcore, Breitbart, Charlottesville, Clint Eastwood, crew vs gang, CRTV, drug dealers, Elgin James, Forever Stand United, Foundation Fund, Fox News, Fred Perry, Friends Stand United, FSU, fuck shit up, Gavin McInnes, Greg Gutfeld, hardcore punk, hardline, hippie, hipster subculture, Identity Evropa, III Percenters, Infowars, Malcolm X, Michael “Bommi” Baumann, Mongols motorcycle gang, New York Metropolitan Republican Club, Oath Keepers, Osha Neumann, Outlaws motorcycle gang, paleoconservative/white supremacist media, patriotic militias, Proud Boys (PB), Rebel Media, RICO, rightwing mayhem, Shane Smith, Stokely Carmichael, straightedge, Suroosh Alvi, TakiMag, the Black Panther Party, The Monkees, The Motherfuckers, The Ramones, Up Against the Wall Motherfucker (UAW/MF), Useless Pieces of Shit, VDARE, Vice, white power skinhead gangs, white supremacy, Wie Alles Anfing/How It All Began, Wrecking Crew . Author: leftyhooligan . Comments: 6 Comments
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