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This article talks about Fugazi’s music and live performance and how that tied in with the socially conscious themes that the band promoted in DC and in their community. The article also talks about their relationship with their fan.

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…

This website has current up to date information on the organization.

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…

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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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…

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.

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…