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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 is an early photograph of Fugazi playing a punk rock show in the late 1980's.

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

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…

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…

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 talks about how the genre of hardcore punk was founded by the singer of Fugazi and how it turned the scene to a more positive and politically-minded community.


"The scene's moral compass - he pioneered the straight-edge movement,…

This article talks about a few punk bands that were associated with Fugazi that were figures on the DC scene. In it, the writer claims that the DC bands were "more political than those in New York and Boston," spotlighting the political themes that…

This article, while a bashing of sorts, does reiterate how serious Fugazi was about their message. The writer is disgruntled at their lack of a sense of humor, but the article emphasizes that Fugazi had a message and they took it seriously.

This article writes to how the band Fugazi and other bands in the DC punk rock movement view their audience and the way in which music can deliver a message to the masses. This is a big part of how that particular movement reached people and got…