Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall
The punks started exploring the grounds of the house and discovered an apple tree in the overgrown yard. They built a campfire and roasted apples. They painted an anarchist slogan on a wall: macht kaputt, was euch kaputt macht Translation: destroy what’s destroying you
Tim Mohr • Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall
East German punks used to spray-paint the phrase Stirb nicht im Warteraum der Zukunft—Don’t die in the waiting room of the future—on walls in Berlin. It wasn’t about self-preservation. It was an indictment of complacency. It was a battle cry: Create your own world, your own reality. DIY. Revolution.
Tim Mohr • Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Punks, by contrast, because of the way they looked, represented active constant opposition any time they appeared in public. You couldn’t spray hoses on punks and throw them in the slammer overnight to stop their particular form of protest. Because the next day they would just walk down the street again, embodying constant active protest, an all-en
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