#traditional skinhead

[skinheadforlife]

Young SKINHEAD Sven, Göteborg, Sweden, 2021.

[skinnbollen]

A skinheads lionheart

[tma-themed-brain]

Say punk/rude boy charles and no one bats an eye

Say trad skinhead charles and society goes wild.....

[gummraa]

Some shirts I ordered arrived today. I like this one the most:)

[bdscarf]

[marcosortegatattoo]

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[tigerlily-draws]

Day 25 of Funguary 🍄

[safety-pin-punk]

What's your opinion on SHARP and the reclamation skinhead movement as a whole?

Im not really sure how to answer this, as my opinion on the matter isnt really important. SHARPs exist and so does there movement. Though I do think that in their efforts, they’ve made the divide between skinheads and SHARPs more prominent (imo for the better).

For those that dont know the history here (and I really just need to do a whole post on this some time):

Skinhead culture started in the 60s in the UK as a working class group with influences from all kinds of minority groups, but especially Jamaican.

In the 70s, a ‘revival’ of skinhead culture devolved into groups of fascist neo-nazis. (This is where the term Nazi Punks Fuck Off comes from). Eventually this made its way over to the US in the early 80s

By 1987, SHARPs (skinheads against racial prejudice) was founded in NYC. Trads are *kinda* a group along the same line (aka traditional skinheads).

Being as the term ‘skinhead’ is still very much associated with white power beliefs and actions, I think its important for skins to specify whether they are SHARPs or Trads rather than just using the term skinhead. Because if all I hear is skinhead, Im immediately on alert. But if I hear SHARP or Trad skin, Im far less concerned, if at all.

[jjeniuss]

my familiarization with the 'this is england' series has not gone unnoticed,,

the first pic shows a petite and unripe woody, upholding the traditions of the skinhead movement because of chill music; still without thoughts in his head or breaking circumstances.

the second pic is a ridiculous and still boyish woody, desperately and unsuccessfully trying to keep his faith in his lifestyle.

the third is probably my favorite version of woody;; he hasn't yet worked through the deepest shock of his double betrayal, carrying his decadence on his feet, all work and new relationships, smilingly telling his loved ones how great everything is.

god, he tried so hard.

the moments when woody's kin wouldn't leave him alone for a second and literally make him squeeze the smiley out of himself were tense and without context, and when he himself voiced that he was trying to leave his life due to a complete loss of meaning.. immediately a part of me died.

and then finally there's a 90s woody who's completed his transformation. a fully realized, mature and happy, forgiving and truly loving, cozy househusband. and that's how his story arc ended up being a happy ending for me.

woody became a real person.

[firespirited]

To be fair, it's hard to convey how intertwined and complex gay culture was with traditional masculine codes from the 60s to the 2000s. Gaston was a gay caricature, Bruce Springsteen classic denim on denim was gay if you wore it just right in the right place, the sleeveless vest in suede leather or colourful was considered masculine wear. end of. the idea was to pass as the blue or white collar patriotic man. the skinhead could be gay. Pride parades in the 90s had men in stars and stripes shirts looking like your racist uncle.

Paris is Burning was a culture of people who could not or would not pass. Patrick Batemen and Tyler Duerden were gay coded between the lines because of how they performed masculinity a little too hard. If you showed Wolverine of 2010 to comic book fans of the 90s or even early 00s they'd have called him slurs: he's so obviously doing hyper masculinity.

The perfectly sized ring above the barbie charm set Ken apart because the codes were small things, hints, tiny details. Clockable was about mannerisms and winks. You were just as likely to get a kiss as a punch because clockable wasn't a thing unless you were out and proud.

Then you add in club culture which was about deliberate blurring of codes, often by hetero men to appeal to women.

Fashion and it's intersection to culture is very strange.

[dailyanarchistposts]

On September 8, 2007 in Sydney, Australia, the antiglobalization movement mobilized once again against neoliberal economic policies, this time to oppose the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit. Just as during the protests against the World Trade Organization in Seattle, Washington, in 1999, the streets were filled with an array of groups, such as environmentalists, socialists, and human rights advocates. And also just like in Seattle, there was a “Black Bloc”—a group of militant activists, usually left-wing anarchists, who wore masks and dressed all in black.

In Sydney, the Black Bloc assembled and hoisted banners proclaiming “Globalization is Genocide.” But when fellow demonstrators looked closely, they realized these Black Bloc marchers were “National-Anarchists”—local fascists dressed as anarchists who were infiltrating the demonstration. The police had to protect the interlopers from being expelled by irate activists.

Since then, the National-Anarchists have joined other marches in Australia and in the United States; in April 2008, they protested on behalf of Tibet against the Chinese government during the Olympic torch relay in both Canberra, Australia, and San Francisco. In September, U.S. National-Anarchists protested the Folsom Street Fair, an annual gay “leather” event held in San Francisco.

While these may seem like isolated incidents of quirky subterfuge, these quasi-anarchists are an international export of a new version of fascism that represent a significant shift in the trends and ideology of the movement. National-Anarchists have adherents in Australia, Great Britain, the United States, and throughout continental Europe, and in turn are part of a larger trend of fascists who appropriate elements of the radical Left. Like “Autonomous Nationalists” in Germany and the genteel intellectual fascism of the European New Right, the National-Anarchists appropriate leftist ideas and symbols, and use them to obscure their core fascist values. The National-Anarchists, for example, denounce the centralized state, capitalism, and globalization — but in its place they seek to establish a system of ethnically pure villages.

In 1990, Chip Berlet showed in Right Woos Left how the extreme Right in the United States has made numerous overtures to the Left. “The fascist Right has wooed the progressive Left primarily around opposition to such issues as the use of U.S. troops in foreign military interventions, support for Israel, the problems of CIA misconduct and covert action, domestic government repression, privacy rights, and civil liberties.”[1] More recently, the fascist Right has also tried to build alliances based on concern for the environment, hardline antizionism, and opposition to globalization.

Fascism has become increasingly international in the post World War II period, particularly with the rise of the internet. One of the most obvious results of this internationalization is the continual flow of European ideas to the United States; for example, the Nazi skinhead movement originated in Britain and quickly spread to the United States. In trade, Americans have exported the Ku Klux Klan to Europe and smuggled Holocaust denial and neo-Nazi literature into Germany.[2]

The National-Anarchist idea has spread around the world over the internet. The United States hosts only a few web sites, but the trend so far has been towards a steady increase. But it represents what many see as the potential new face of fascism. By adopting selected symbols, slogans and stances of the left-wing anarchist movement in particular, this new form of postwar fascism (like the European New Right) hopes to avoid the stigma of the older tradition, while injecting its core fascist values into the newer movement of antiglobalization activists and related decentralized political groups. Simultaneously, National-Anarchists hope to draw members (such as reactionary counter-culturalists and British National Party members) away from traditional White Nationalist groups to their own blend of what they claim is “neither left nor right.”[3]

Despite this claim, National-Anarchist ideology is centered directly on what scholar Roger Griffin defines as the core of fascism: “palingenetic populist ultranationalism.” “Palingenetic,” he says, is a “generic term for the vision of a radically new beginning which follows a period of destruction or perceived dissolution.” Palingenetic ultranationalism therefore is “one whose mobilizing vision is that of the national community rising phoenix like after a period of encroaching decadence which all but destroyed it.”[4]

For the National-Anarchists, this “ultranationalism” is also their main ideological innovation: a desire to create a stateless (and hence “anarchist”) system of ethnically pure villages. Troy Southgate, their leading ideologue, says “we just want to stress that National-Anarchism is an essential racialist phenomenon. That’s what makes it different.”[5]

Why should we pay attention to such new forms of fascism? There is no immediate threat of fascism taking power in the established western liberal democracies; the rise to power of Mussolini and Hitler in the 1920s and 1930s occurred in a different era and under different social conditions than those that exist today. Nonetheless, much is at stake.

These new permutations have the potential of playing havoc on social movements, drawing activists out from the Left into the Right. For example, when the Soviet Union collapsed, a number of non-Communist left-wing groups suddenly emerged in Russia offering the promise of a more egalitarian society sans dictatorship. However, the group that became dominant was the National Bolsheviks, who are probably the most successful contemporary Third Position fascist group (see glossary). Catching the imagination of disaffected youth by taking up many left-wing stances and engaging in direct action, they successfully obliterated their rivals by absorbing their demographic base en masse. The left-wing groups disappeared and the National Bolsheviks remain a powerful political movement today with a huge grassroots and youth base. As they grow older, they will remain influential in Russian politics for decades.

Even when small, Jeffrey Bale suggests it is important to pay attention to these fascist sects because they can serve as transmission belts for unconventional political ideas, influence more mainstream groups, and link up into transnational networks.[6]

Over the years, the antiglobalization movement has also created an opening for these Left-Right alliances. The Dutch antiracist group De Fabel van de illegaal pulled out of the antiglobalization movement in 1998 because of its links with far right forces. Pat Buchanan, the paleoconservative politician who holds racist and antisemitic views, spoke on a Teamsters Union platform during the demonstrations against the IMF/ World Bank in Washington D.C. in April 2000.[7] Meanwhile, racists like Louis Beam (who has worked with the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and Aryan Nations) and Matt Hale (of the World Church of the Creator) praised the Seattle demonstrations against the World Trade Organization in 1999.[8]

At the same time, parts of the anti-imperialist Left (including some anarchists) have built alliances with reactionary Islamist movements such as Hamas and Hezbollah, called for open acceptance of antisemitism, and embraced nationalist struggles.[9] This history prompts many cosmopolitan anarchists to worry that the overtures of newstyle fascists to radical Leftists could meet with some success.

[skinheadforlife]

SKINHEAD Benitho Santos, London.

[skinnbollen]

Do you dare?

[cuppedbottledwater]

I've seen a lot of ATSV fans mention Hobie's blue laces but I haven't seen a shoelace code guide for people who are just hearing about this that's meant to reach the ATSV fans. The Shoelace Code is a code used originally in the punk scene, but has floated into other alt subcultures. The code isn't used on just any shoe, but specifically black Doc Martens and with them being ladder laced. It was designed to help people know who was an ally who shared similar values to you and who was a foe who held the opposite values of yours. Thus they caused a lot of fights and targeted attacks toward people wearing laces you didn't agree with. White - You're a white supremacist Red - You're a Neo Nazi Blue - You've killed a cop or are anti-law enforcement Yellow - You've been/are a part of an anti-racist movement or are anti racist/facist Purple - You're LGBTQ+ or a strong ally of the community Pink - Feminist Orange - Rarely used but can signify you're an exconvict or a sharp (skinhead against racial prejudice) Green - You're just neutral or a peace punk Black - You're a traditional punk kid or just bought some Doc Martens and are wearing them without meaning Lately, people have stopped using the lace code as much and many people in alt subcultures have let go of the meanings. However, some people still stick by the shoelace code strongly. There are DEFINITELY more thought out posts on the shoelace code to read. I suggest if you're someone who's interested in it, really do a lot of research into it.

[libertineangel]

i want to add on to what you and @pirate-radios were saying about punk and politics by saying that while british punk was intended from the start to be political in the sense that its founders had clear left-wing ideologies they believed in and wished to include within the subculture and the music that doesnt mean every single british punk understood any of that or agreed with it either. the damned, despite being in the same circles as the sex pistols and the clash who were the bands to first bring true leftist politics into punk (if you discount the mc5 that is), didnt care much about politics and their manager, who owned stiff records, was outright hostile to mclaren and rhodes in part due to the fact that their political beliefs clashed with his own (tho ofc captain sensible would go on to link up with crass and get into socialism during the 80s which makes his current altright nonsense so painful to see) british punk has always been at war with itself over politics. bands aside, a lot of fans just flat out didnt Get It, esp when punk went mainstream in 1977 and the straights started to flood in. i always say this but when punk first was brought over to england via the sex pistols that shit was gay as hell! but as new ppl flooded in and punk stopped being a close knit group of arty weirdos the gayness got pushed to the side and a lot of bands who joined the bandwagon late like sham 69 were outright hostile towards the parts of punk that queer ppl had latched onto so heavily (i get why sham 69 and the like were so hostile to the fashion aspect I Get It but lets be honest most, if not all, of that way colored by homophobia and misogyny)

Very true and correct and important as always! And on the subject of that rejection of punk's queerness I think it's also very important to recognise that, fundamentally, "leftist" is not really a cohesive coherent ideological label that stands for all things progressive - most the more overtly political punk is, at its core, of a rudimentary populism more than any actual concrete ideology, they make big loud calls for young working-class unity and take aim at the rich or the businesses or the Thatcher/Reagan governments but let's be honest how many even of the most serious "anarchist" punks genuinely read Bakunin, or Kropotkin, or Goldman?

That kind of workerist populism, as we're seeing with many of the current Western far-right movements, is a haven & breeding ground for bigotry. The equating of good honest blue-collar work with traditional masculinity and national pride is hardly a subtle thing, and as such you can very easily find people with superficially "leftist" views when it comes to things like trade unions and wealth distribution while at the same time being viciously homophobic and misogynist - case in point, Sham 69 as you mentioned were deeply hostile to the perceived artsy gay current within punk while still writing songs full of working-class social commentary and opposing (however toothlessly) the National Front skinhead presence in the scene.

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