what they stand for: Act Now To Stop War and End Racism. They are a good group, and have organized a lot of protests, although I have to admit these protests seemed to have no effect whatsoever
The protests are never specific enough. These days, ANY protest is automatically mutated into an anti-irag-war and pro=palestine. The message shouldn't be so diluted. There are always like 10 different ideas and you're not really sure if you went for the right reason
But anywho, answer is great; they strive for equality in the world
by rise up rise against June 13, 2004
if i say this is an emo band, a lot of people will be turned off, but really it's allll fucking emo.
Tim Kasher is brilliant though, and they make great music. I have The Ugly Organ and Domestica and they are definitely some of my favorite CDs.
Tim Kasher used to be in a band with another person who is one of my favorites: Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes. They used to be in Commander Venus or something. They're good friends. If you like Cursive, you might like Bright Eyes.
What's special about Cursive is that they have a celloist in their band. It's odd, but the cello adds a fantastic texture to the whole thing.
Tim Kasher's voice brims with emotions when he sings. I love that guy. BUt the time I went to see him for the Plea for Peace Tour, he was drunk as fuck and got the songs and lyrics mixed up. BUt he's great. Listen to him
by rise up rise against June 13, 2004
it's pretty self explanatory, but if it's still fuzzy, I have examples.
it's what we have in the states. and what iraq will have next week.
pesudo soveirnty (yeah, that word i can never spell)
don't you think it's odd that shrubya is smart enough to run a country but dumb enough to choke on a pretzel?
most people already know who is really running our country
all heil dick cheney
by rise up rise against June 21, 2004
short for Guantanamo Bay
scary place where suspected "enemy combatants" are taken and then interrogated in order to determine whether they are terrorists or not.
this area is lawless; any fucking thing can happen. do the geneva conventions apply here? who knows?
a large percentage of detainees held are released much much later and labelled to be completely innocent. seems like they take just anybody.
for some reason, the clothes nick berg was wearing when he was decapitated are the uniforms from gitmo.
by rise up rise against June 21, 2004
Something you say after you fuck up. This way, people will think you have actually succeeded when in fact you have failed so miserably your former supporters have crossed over.
by rise up rise against June 16, 2004
during protests, the black bloc is the group of anarchists on their bikes wearing black hoodies with the hoods on, and a bandana over their face so only their eyes show. They are usually spotted heading off on breakaways and they do things like smash windows of corporations, refuse to obey police orders to disperse, and fight back during police brutality. However, they do not do this just for fun, or because they are bored. They have political agendas that no one agrees to accept or consider so they revert to agression to pique interests. They are also very much against the cops. Usually, Black blocs will erupt with their messages during critical political times (i.e. going to war with Iraq)
Here in San Francisco, the black blocs show up for just about every single protest, and they organize breakaways. However, they usually fail to incite any kind of rioting, save the one right after the first bomb was dropped in Iraq. Then, they shut down the financial distrct of this city, even though it had no affect.
What happened to the times when black blocs did REAL riots with and REAL damage???
by rise up rise against June 13, 2004
a document that is ignored by the United States whenever it deems appropriate, kind of like the Geneva Conventions
by rise up rise against June 16, 2004