Punk.

Too many times I've heard common misconceptions to the phrase "Punk". People associate being "punk" with being unique, different, and being yourself. First of all, if being punk was being yourself, there wouldn't be a phrase for it. "Punk" would just be known as "being yourself". Anyway, this blog is just to clear up those misconceptions once and for all, although I know half the GSBians on this site won't even read this.

In essence, to be punk is to do something for the first time. To start a new wave is to be punk. To fight against a bigger community for a greater cause is punk. To go to Hot Topic and get a Green Day shirt and some black pants is not punk. Annoying your family for no reason is not punk. Hating and rebelling against your teachers for no reason is not punk. Basically what I'm trying to say is:

What punk is today is not punk.

Activism is pretty a more globally known form of punk. Punks are just teenagers who follow activism. Instances of true punk being shown globally include:

The Haymarket riot, 1886, a violent labor protest led by the Anarchist Movement
Martin Luther King's 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a key moment in the Civil Rights Movement
The Stonewall riots in 1969 protesting the treatment of homosexuals in New York City
The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
The many ACT-UP AIDS protests of the late 80's and early 90's
The Seattle WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 protest activity against the World Trade Organization
Anti-globalization Protests in Prague in 2000
Serbia in 2000
Posted on March 25th, 2007 at 11:02am

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