{"id":75258,"date":"2025-09-25T15:34:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T13:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?post_type=magazin&p=75258"},"modified":"2026-11-01T00:18:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T22:18:27","slug":"punk-today","status":"publish","type":"magazin","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/what-holds-us-together\/punk-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Punk today: \u2018A cultural middle finger to the system\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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For some, punk is long dead; for others, it\u2019s more alive than ever: a conversation about attitude, dissent and freedom.
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Sarah, DrehNix and A. live punk<\/strong> \u2013 each in their own way, but always in the spirit of resistance and rebellion. Why do they feel connected to the scene? What does punk mean to them? And why can\u2019t punk be squeezed into one clear, uniform concept? To find answers, I met young punks. We talked about political resistance, cultural rebellion and rejecting \u2018normie society\u2019 \u2013 and with it, conformity with the capitalist system, patriarchy and discrimination.

I visited the punks in Hamburg, Berlin and Hannover. Over the decades, these cities have produced places where punk is lived, celebrated and debated. But the scene isn\u2019t only found in big cities. Punk is diverse \u2013 it exists in autonomous youth centres, squats, forests and small rehearsal rooms in rural areas. Where life is boring or the infrastructure doesn\u2019t allow for big record labels or music shows, people do it themselves. That\u2019s the DIY mentality at the heart of punk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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