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Positive Force Sites
This is a map on Google Maps of sites that are and were relevant to the activist group Positive Force and the band that spearheaded the movement, Fugazi. In the map, you can see how different areas were more concentrated and more activity took place…
Tags: DC, Fugazi, map, music venues, positive force
Waiting Room
This song was a very popular song by Fugazi - and illustrated the challenging and defiant nature of punk rock. In it, the band questions authority and stagnancy.
Let Fury Have the Hour
This documentary chronicles how the political and social activist movement of the 90's was founded and carried out. Many musical artists and punk rock artists were interviewed, including Fugazi singer Ian Mackaye.
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Tags: artists, political activism, politics, youth
PositiveForceDC
This website has current up to date information on the organization.
Tags: DC, fundraising, official website, positive force
YOUTH OF TODAY
This article focuses on one Positive Forve benefit with the theme of battling ageism. It then goes into talking about how ageism and other social issues are present within the punk community and organizations like Positive Force channel that angst to…
Tags: 930 club, activism, ageism, DC, positive force
Punker Activists
This piece describes the infrastructure and operations of Positive Force. It also describes what kind of social activism the organization partook in - ranging from donating money made at benefits to non-profits from the Free Tibet movement to…
NIGHT WATCH: A Decade of Fugazi's Force
This article covers a fundraising event for Positive Force - a social and political activism organization - and explains the relationship between the two. The article articulates the impact positive force has had - raising over 100,000 dollars for…
Tags: activism, DC, Fugazi, grassroots activism
Positively Punk Street
In this interview, Mark Anderson - a main figure and spearhead of DC punk activism and leader of groups We Are Family and Positive Force, breaks down punk rock activism history in DC by explaining important sites. This includes information on punk…
Tags: activism, DC, madam's organ, mark anderson, punk rock
Punk Rocks to New Role
This article is about how the movement spread all the way to Ireland, emphasizing how influential it was. It writes to how the music infected the youth public about social activism, anti-capitalism, and social idealism.
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