Straight edge has persisted as a drug-free, hardcore punk subculture for 25-years. Its political legacy, however, remains ambiguous-often associated with self-righteous macho posturing and conservative puritanism. While certain elements of straight edge culture feed into such perceptions, the movement's political history is far more complex. Since straight edge's origins in Washington, DC, in the early 1980s, it has been linked to radical thought and action by countless individuals, bands, and entire scenes worldwide. Sober Living for the Revolution traces this history. It includes contributions-in the form of in-depth interviews, essays, and manifestos, by numerous artists and activists connected to straight edge

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