shugE and Pepe Bandit explore the often nuanced relationship between anarchism and folk punk music, tracing their historical connections and evolution. The discussion highlights the significant role of DIY culture, info shops, Crimethinc, and influential bands like Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains in shaping the genre. It delves into the community's practices and values, emphasizing mutual aid and collective efforts and how that shifted into and shaped the music and its style of anarchism. The conversation concludes with reflections on the future of folk punk, its ongoing connection to anarchist principles and thoughts on it possibly growing too big for itself. We close out playing the older track "I Love You To Death" by Never Say Surrender, originally released on Pepe's old label DIY Bandits in the mid 2000's.

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HIGHLIGHTS:

• Anarchism's early roots in both folk & punk music
• The significant merging of radical cultures & music in the 90s
• How info shops served as crucial hubs for introducing anarchist culture & acoustic music
• Did folk punk emerge as a response to mainstream punk's commercialization
• Crimethinc played a pivotal role in spreading anarchist ideas in various scenes
• How the evolution of folk punk was influenced by the merging of multiple radical movements
• Did Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains introduce anarchism to folk punk
• Remembering stories of anarchism showing up in the early folk punk days
• How the DIY economics & ethos in folk punk was born out of necessity not politics
• Folk punk has maintained a more inclusive & safe environment compared to electric punk
• Will folk punk continue to grow & get too big for itself

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