Punching Nazis: And Other Good Ideas

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Keith Lowell Jensen thinks you must punch Nazis. On this selection of essays, stories, interviews, and rants, he tells us why.

Jensen grew up and into the Sacramento punk music scene in the late eighties and early nineties, where weirdos, LGBTQ folk, feminists, and allies strived to carve out protected community spaces. This scene also attracted a different more or less outsider–white supremacists and Nazi skinheads―making for a politically charged and complicated landscape. In Punching Nazis, he reflects on his experiences with these racist fringe groups that infiltrated the progressive scene that gave rise to bands like Green Day. From unwittingly driving around in a lowrider with a gang referred to as “The Suicidals,” to a night doing stand-up with a clown with an unwanted Swastika tattoo, Jensen brings his brand of subtle, sincere comedy to reflect at the complicated relationship that punk music has with racist skinheads and what we must do about it.

In latest times, Americans are surprised to find groups like the Klan, and more recently the “Racial Realists” and the “Alt-Right,” are still prominent, and now as they grow more and more emboldened, it’s intriguing and valuable to hear tales of individuals who, through the love of punk rock music, have a history of dealing with racist fringe groups.

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