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the quiet riot

from disobey giants by SLIVER

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THE QUIET RIOT – INSIDE THE GIANT/THE GIANT INSIDE
Inside the giant: the quiet riot has two meanings for me. First, there’s Howard Zinn’s concept of “quiet revolution”: the idea that you have to “take power” through the institutions. For example, become a teacher and teach your students about the degrowth movement, the Robin Hood Tax, Adbusters, etc… or simply join any institution you want and try to change it from the inside. If this song is instrumental, it is because the “quiet riot” is different for everyone. While listening to the song, you can take a minute to think about what it is that YOU can do in this sense, in your job or in your community. What can you change? And how? “Rather be forgotten than remembered for giving in.” (Dennis Lyxzén, The Shape of Punk to Come, “Summerholidays VS Punkroutine,” 1998)
The giant inside: but the quiet riot is also what I would call a riot going on in your mind. It is your own internal riot. Most of the “giants” presented here can be fought internally. Over-consumption, greed, conformism, obedience to corporations, influence of mass media, and so on… in a way, all you have to do is work on yourself. Change your own little world. I do believe that everyone has the necessary seeds for revolution in his or her mind. Now just let the flowers grow. “You can’t be neutral on a moving train. I don't believe it's possible to be neutral. The world is already moving in certain directions. And to be neutral, to be passive, in a situation like that, is to collaborate with what is going on. And I, as a teacher, don't want to be a collaborator.” (Howard Zinn in Deb Ellis and Denis Mueller’s documentary: You can’t be neutral on a moving train)

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from disobey giants, released September 28, 2012

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SLIVER Metz, France

SLIVER were a rocking hardcore band from Belgium/France/Luxembourg.
They've played more than 200 shows in 12 countries (France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, the United Kingdom).

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