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Anti-Flag's The General Strike: 10 years later

Posted by Loren on August 20, 2022

Anti-Flag's The General Strike: 10 years later
photo by Cory Morton

Anti-Flag recently announced a new album, due for release at the start of 2023.

But fans needn't wait that long for new material -- the band will album be re-releasing their eighth studio album, The General Strike, in a new "10th Anniversary Edition" with SideOneDummy overseeing the release.

The new version features limited press vinyl, two previously unrelease tracks, new artwork and a 10x10 poster. It releases on Oct. 14.

Chris #2 reflects:

It’s unfortunate how many of the themes that we were feeling and writing about on this album are some of the most arduous issues we are facing today. History, power structures, and the abuse of the working class and poor are all too often cyclical in nature. The band was just heading the warning of community organizers and protest movements, we were trying to document that struggle with these songs. We are grateful that people are still finding solace and hope for a better way forward in them today.

The General Strike 10th Anniversary Edition track list:

1. Controlled Opposition
2. The Neoliberal Anthem
3. 1915
4. This is the New Sound
5. Bullshit Opportunist
6. The Ranks of the Masses Rising
7. Turn a Blind Eye
8. Broken Bones
9. I Don't Wanna
10. Nothing Recedes Like Progress
11. Resist
12. The Ghosts of Alexandria
13. Whistleblower (previously unreleased)
14. SKATE (previously unreleased) 

Anti-Flag's The General Strike: 10 years later
photo by Cory Morton

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