User:Y.Pestis

Y.Pestiß

Y.pestis is the username of a twenty-something North American punk who has recently graduated from college and is pursuing graduate education towards a Ph.D in political science (philosophy/international relations). Y.pestis is also a writer of creative nonfiction and is currently working on a project documenting punk through philosophy.

Areas of Knowledge

• Anarchism
• Marxism
• Political Philosophy
• Punk
• Creative Nonfiction
• Ethics
• Political Science
• International Relations
• Situationist International
• Philosophy
• Experimental Fiction/Non-linear Narrative
• Social Ecology
• Existentialism
• Literary Journalism

Musical Tastes

World Burns To Death, CRASS, Discharge, Black Flag, Destroy, The Misfits, The Unseen, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Choking Victim, The Virus, Leftover Crack, Requiem, Rudimentary Peni, F-Minus, The Casualties, Nausea, Another Oppressive System, The Clash, A Global Threat, Chaos UK, Oxymoron, Judas Iscariot, Self-Destruct, Mouth Sewn Shut, Toxic Narcotic, Subhumans, Converge, Amebix, Disrupt, Minor Threat, The Spectacle, Andrew W.K., the Slackers, The Specials, Elvis Presley, punk, crust punk, ska, psychobilly,

Influenced By

Guy Debord, Karl Marx, Max Stirner, Raoul Vaneigem, John Locke, Murray Bookchin, Herbert Marcuse, John Zerzan, Søren Kierkegaard, Albert Camus, Simone De Beauvoir, Noam Chomsky, David Harvey, Giovanni Arrighi, Plato, Socrates, John Rawls, Friedrich Nietzsche, Todd May, Saul Newman, Bob Black, Hakim Bey, Truman Capote, Hunter S. Thompson, etc.

Wikipedia Interests

Y.pestis is interested in helping to expand areas of the entries related to punk music and culture, especially in the areas of philosophy, crust punk, and the links between politics and punk. He is also interested in greatly expanding and adding to entries on Wikipedia related to the works, members, and activities of the Situationist International, including: Guy Debord, The Spectacle, Raoul Vaneigem, Council Communism, Jean Baudrillard, New Left, the Retort Collective, the colonization/revolution of everyday life, Crimethinc., and other matters contributing to, influenced by, and associated with the Situationist Internationale.