Punk Planet #56 July & August 2003 Notes From the Underground; Jello Biafra Interviews Greg Palast; Wire; Will Oldham; Dominatrix; Fat Mike Talks Politics; an Army of None: All Alone At the Ass End of the War on Terror, a Soldier's Tale

PP56 takes a UNIQUE LOOK AT THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER FAR FROM THE FRONT LINES. During the Iraq War, "embedded" journalists reported alongside the troops, offering many their first look into what life is like as a soldier in the army of the world's only superpower. But what was missed was that, away from the front, away from the bombs and the fighting, citizen-soldiers hold boring-mind-bendingly boring-jobs. In Punk Planet #56, one such soldier who spent the Iraq War in Oklahoma taking urine samples and administering eye exams, tells his first-person story. His tale is both funny and sad and offers a perspective you never hear about: the voice of a troop that doesn't want your "support"--he just wants to go back to his regular life. Also in Punk Planet #56: JELLO BIAFRA INTERVIEWS REPORTER GREG PALLAST about the failings of the mainstream media; punk legends WIRE talk about their third time 'round; WILL OLDHAM breaks his press silence in a rare interview; FAT MIKE from NOFX talks politics with Ramsey from AK Press; hardcore purists BANE; ex-Pavement SCOTT KANNBERG talks about moving on; and Brazilian Riot-Girl revolutionaries DOMINATRIX bring the noise. In addition to the cover story, PP56 also features articles about the SILENCING OF THE MEDIA DURING THE WAR and a look at POLITICAL GRAFITTI IN AUSTRALIA. Also DIY, Columns, 30 pages of reviews, and much, much more.