For sobriety

“When a slave was drunk, the slaveholder had no fear that he would plan an insurrection…. It was the sober, thinking slave who was dangerous, and needed the vigilance of his master to keep him a slave.” -Frederick Douglas

Melting Pot

"There are two types of direct action, inward direct action involves developing a deeper maturity and losing one's anthropocentric view. Outward direct action can take the form of monkey wrenching, protest, civil disobedience or the planting of a tree. There is no sharp break between inward and outward direct action and both are guided by one unyielding principle: nonviolence. Direct action is the realization that we cannot turn away and ignore the earth's problems, we must do something. Everything is inter-connected. by protecting the rain forest we are protecting ourselves, and so by taking direct action one expresses the utmost love for the planet and its inhabitants... Action is the goal, and action itself must be the truth, its own defense, and its own purpose"

(Quote cut from The Philosophy of Punk: More than noise)

Back to the board

"I have never come to terms with the idea that I am 'part of society' and should construct my actions to suit the prevailing moods of conformity, acceptance and achievement. Closed by the rigorous mind training of school and media, the mass mentality of western culture revolves around upholding the past to attempt to secure the future, whilst suffering the present as beyond its control, 'safe' in the hands of government who feed the present to the masses as a product of technological/material/industrial progress"


Dick Lucas (Subhumans/Citizen Fish)