‘The Rest is Propaganda’ – Freedom review

As promised some time ago, this is my review of The Rest is Propaganda, from Freedom 16 July 2011 Steve Ignorant (with Steve Pottinger). The Rest is Propaganda. London: Southern Records, 2010. Steve Ignorant, one of the founder members of the anarchist punk band Crass, wrote, recorded, toured and performed with the band throughout the [...]

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Review of The Rest is Propaganda published in Freedom

My review of Steve Ignorant’s autobiography The Rest is Propaganda (London: Southern Records, 2011) appears in the 16 July 2011 edition of Freedom (Vol 72, No 14). I’ll publish the full-text of the review here in a few weeks time, once this issue of Freedom is no longer current.

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Steve Ignorant at Rough Trade to discuss new autobiography

Steve Ignorant was in conversation with John Robb at Rough Trade on 8 November, discussing his new autobiography The Rest is Propaganda. Steve Ignorant (with Steve Pottinger). 2010. The Rest is Propaganda. Southern Records: London. 978-0956674609. 0956674607. (Above): Steve Ignorant in conversation with John Robb at Rough Trade.

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‘There is no authority…’ article published in Music and Politics

My article ‘There Is No Authority But Yourself’: The Individual and the Collective in British Anarcho-Punk is published in the Summer 2010 issue of Music and Politics journal. The journal is an open-access, electronic journal – so the full-text of the article can be downloaded as a .pdf or read online. The heartfelt conclusion to [...]

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Love Songs – Freedom, 26 June 2004

Crass, Love Songs (Hebden Bridge: Pomona, 2004). Pay no more than £9.99. http://www.pomonauk.com. “In attempts to moderate us, they ask why we don’t write love songs. What is it that we sing then? Our love of life is total, everything we do is an expression of that. Everything that we write is a love song.” [...]

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A Compelling Call to Action – Freedom, 29 June 2002

Six original members of the anarchist punk band Crass, in collaboration with other artists, presented an evening of musical, spoken-word and video performance at the National Film Theatre (NFT) on Saturday 15th June — in celebration of the culture and politics of anarcho-punk. For the uninitiated, the event was a visceral demonstration of the passion [...]

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The other history of punk – Freedom, 27 April 2007

George Berger. 2006. The Story of Crass, (London: Omnibus Press) ISBN 1-84609-402-X. £14.95. Ian Glasper. 2006. The Day The Country Died: A History of Anarcho-Punk 1980-1984, (London: Cherry Red) ISBN 1-901447-7-07. £14.99. Since the anarchist punk band Crass brought to an end the group’s cultural-political assault on the Thatcherite state in the summer of 1984, [...]

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