>ISKRA (from Canada, no less) are one of the few
>politically right-on metal bands I can think of.
>(Chck'em out-- very anto-capitalist and anti-racst:
>http://www.myspace.com/hellonfire )
Answered my own question <http://www.iskra.ws/interviews.html>:
>What does ISKRA mean?
>
>Wolf: Iskra is a Russian word meaning 'spark' or
>'light.' For me, its a nice sounding word with
>wonderful connotations. Of course it also conjures up
>associations with certain Marxist organizations, the
>famous Leninist paper, which shares this title,
>immediately comes to mind. Its sort of a humorous
>nudge to those people, since we are obviously opposed
>to any Marxist ideologies.
"Obviously"? Is this some anarchist tic? You just have to be "anti-Marxist" even when you're not necessarily anti-Marxist? Or maybe they just don't like Marx's speech on free trade.
Doug