Lets see now… Who controls the unions? Democrats. Yes,for the AFL-CIO and their like,but the IWW is non-political and doesn't support ANY politicians nor does it encourage their membership how to vote one way or the other.They assume their membership is smart enough to make that decision on their own.As to whether or not Blowback is punk,consider the fact that the band has all played in punk rock bands as far back as the early eighties,when most of the people posting here were being conceived.Carlos (the singer) and I formed the Colombian Neckties after we hooked up in 1986 at a DRI show in Charleston SC.We originally met at a GG Allin show in middle 1985.Blowback happens to cover a few Colombian Neckties tunes,by the way.I had been playing in punk rock bands as far back as 1983.And Carlos a few years earlier than that.And just for the record,my supposed left leanings had only surfaced in the past few years.As Carlos can attest,I was a diehard Republican for the most part,and yes,I voted for Reagan and Bush (twice).