Projected last night at the Free Palestine Encampment at Cal, Berkeley. Colonial capitalism drives the war machine that bulldozes people from Gaza, to the Congo, to the Philippines. It’s important for solarpunks to show up in solidarity with native peoples against imperialism. Sustainability depends on the knowledge and stewardship of native populations. And, most importantly, Zionist punks fuck off! -
The two most popular uses of "-punk" are Steampunk and Cyberpunk. One represents more of an design aesthetic than anything, and the other is defined by a hyper-corporate dystopia and is by far the more well-known of the two.
Why would anyone name a sociopolitical movement in the same vein, when the negative connotations are so obvious? Is this movement trying to fail?
That's not their point. Their point is only that the name could be improved
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_ideologies