Punk is where I learned you sometimes have to put your body in the way if you want to stop the neo nazis / white supremacists in your city.

Also, as far as Gottlieb tables go, it's a beast.

I grew up on mix of punk, hardcore and emo classics like Crass, Dead Kennedys, Fugazi, Cap n Jazz, Nation Of Ulysses. Was into the Canadian scene with Propagandhi.

After early teenage years I had moved on mostly to no-wave, post-punk, noise, doom metal. But every once in a while I still find something that sounds incredibly vital, like G.L.O.S.S.

Propagandhi are great, and people seem to really like their more recent stuff too though I mostly just followed them in the 1990s.

John K. Samson of Propagandhi started a folky side project called Weakerthans in 1997 and that is an incredible trove if you're into singer-songwriter kind of folk/country stuff with punk roots. So many of their songs are Canadian classics. Like check out Left And Leaving, Plea From A Cat Named Virtute, Night Windows, Sun In An Empty Room, etc. He then released stuff just under his name, and his 2016 album Winter Wheat was one of my favourite records of that year.

one fun Propagandhi note is that Supporting Caste's cover art uses the famous painting The Triumph Off Miss Chief by Canadian painter Kent Monkman as the cover art.
The original painting (here: https://www.kentmonkman.com/painting/2007/the-triumph-of-mischief ) is 7 feet x 11 feet and has to be seen in person. It's owned by the National Gallery of Canada and shown often: https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artwork/the-triumph-of-mischief

Anyways, when I see Kent Monkman show up anywhere to give a talk, people are always bringing their Propagandhi vinyl to get signed.

ahhhh I loved OpIvy so much

Just want to give a shout out to Bandcamp for one second. First, there is SO MUCH AMAZING MUSIC ON BANDCAMP.
Remember when you sifted through 7" bins and tried random stuff and found armloads of gems? That's what bandcamp is these days.
Bandcamp also passes 85% of the sale price on to the band, so buy from there and you're supporting your faves in a big way.

Plus, lossless FLAC download that isn't controlled by Spotify or Apple or whomever. Almost my entire music budget now goes through bandcamp.

Most work computers would ban any media / streaming sites, so check from your phone or at home.

I just went and got their album because of this video.

ex-Propagandhi member John K. Samson has been making folk songs forever, but his politics have never wavered from the punk rock days.
He released this single over the summer and for me it perfectly captures the zeitgeist of 2020.

so, not punk, but still essential.
John K. Samson - Fantasy Baseball At The End Of The World

purchase link: https://johnksamsonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/fantasy-baseball-at-the-end-of-the-world

I got Stick Your Neck Out! from 1994
it's pretty great

According to the children of the bandmembers on youtube, they'll be re-recording Bottomless Pit. (the song from the video appearance)

the most vital punk will always be from the 16-22 year olds