"Rising Dissent play no-frills poltical hardcore, with some mosh parts breaking up the fast yet danceable pace--but i believe they do that so you will be able to hear the lyrics more clearly. They double-bass it up a bit, but there's no wanking, and it sounds powerful and sincere" -Maximum Rock n Roll
Strike Anywhere, 7 generations, Resist and Exist, 46 Short, Every Second Counts, Resistant Culture, Intro5pect, Dead to Me, Love Equals Death, Red Tape, See it Through, Heavy, Annex, and a lot more.
"Which is the braver? The man (sic) who falls in line with the great majority or he that faces the wrath of millions for conscience sake? Do not confound us with the pacifists. We believe in fighting. Aye, we have been fighting all our lives-- fighting injustice, oppression,and tyranny. Almost single handed at that. We are not pacifists. But we want to know what we are fighting for, and we refuse to fight for the enemies and the exploiters of humanity." -Alexander Berkman
“The differences between the Republican and Democratic Parties involve no issue, no principle in which the working class have any interest.”
-Eugene Debs
"What is happening to the world lies, at the moment, just outside the realm of common human understanding. It is the writers, the poets, the artists, the singers, the filmmakers who can make the connections, who can find the ways of bringing it into the realm of common understanding. Who can translate cash-flow charts and scintillating boardroom speeches into real stories about real people with real lives. Stories about what it's like to lose your home, your land, your job, your dignity, your past, and your future to an invisible force. To someone or something you can't see. You can't hate. You can't even imagine."
- Arundhati Roy
