On Jul. 2, 2025, The Memphis Flyer posted, “ Positively ‘UnAmerikan: A dozen songs of resistance by the city’s most antifascist bands,” where author, Alex Greene curates a rad playlist of tunes by Memphis bands with a staunchly Antifascist edge.
Among the mix that includes Pachuco-billy blues rockers, Los Psychosis, and the more polished, Red Squad, we find our favorite Antifascist furry felines, Aktion’s Kat!, with their track, Ferguson to Palestine. Written over a decade ago, released on their 2023 album, Transgress!, and sadly still just as poignant today.
Greene writes, “…Aktion Kat is ready and willing to embrace a more international perspective, especially on the hard-hitting, yet surprisingly folksy, “Ferguson to Palestine,” where he sings: “Riot police and flash grenades/Tear gas canisters Amerikkkan made/All funded by the taxes we pay/Occupation is a crime/Ferguson to Palestine. It’s about class, it’s about race/It’s about fuckin’ time that we smash the state and we all participate/Revolution in our time. Ferguson to Palestine/We oughta know, we all should know, this is for real/It’s not a show. There’s blood in the streets wherever you go/Hands up, don’t shoot. I’m young and Black/I wanna live and not get shot in the back.”
AK has always been about as politically subtle as a Molotov cocktail to the windshield of a cop car. Greene continues;
“It’s an unflinching embrace of radical chic, and if some feel it’s merely a fashion statement, note that Aktion Kat has played a supportive role in nuts-and-bolts politics, as with last December’s Community Distro event that passed out harm-reduction gear and collected contributions for a food pantry. Also note that the group’s allies are legion, and, as they write, “Their myriad komrades are molotov kocktail-slinging kittens from the 9th dimension.” Moreover, they’re armed with a comic strip and action figures. Who said smashing the state couldn’t be fun?”
Read the full article, here.
