Bootlegged here in a short run of fifteen C120 tapes is the historic R Radical Records International P.E.A.C.E Compilation from 1984, a mammoth effort by MDC's Dave Dictor to bring together over fifty international hardcore acts no more than five years into the sub-genre's lifespan. The comp's hard-earned cult status comes from its tracklist, mingling contributions by US heavy-hitters (DEAD KENNEDYS, MDC, DICKS, REAGAN YOUTH) with burgeoning anarchopunk communities in the UK (CRASS, CONFLICT) and Italy (WRETCHED, CHEETAH CHROME MOTHERFUCKERS, DECLINO, IMPACT), alongside standout tracks by groups like G.I.S.M (Japan) and THE VICTIMS (Australia). Though not recreated in this bootleg package, the original LP included a 72-page zine compiled by Dictor in association with Maximum Rocknroll, featuring a lengthy justification for holding a political position against war and imperialism, for nuclear disarmament and feminism, and calls for political demonstrations within the punk and hardcore community. Each track in the original zine featured a one-page contribution of artwork, lyrics and oftentimes justification of the band's own reasons for formation, and how that relates to their political stance. Truly an incredible feat of logistics to get 55 bands on board, let alone managing audio masters, zine contributions, permissions and copies via the post! Beyond logistics, the International P.E.A.C.E Compilation marks a period in time when international hardcore had sharpened its international networks and its resolve. As 2026 feeds more coal to the international war machine, I think of compilations like P.E.A.C.E. as evidence of the tradition that contemporary DIY punk and hardcore is indebted to: a motivation to repay the favour through lively, committed and unified subcultures in the now! – Barely Human Full Tracklist: Side AArticles Of Faith – Up Against A WallG.I.S.M. – Endless Blockades For The Pussy FooterNeon Christ – Ashes To AshesKalashnikov – Schlueters KabinetCause For Alarm – Time Will TellLocal Disturbance – No U.S.A.Unwarranted Trust – Honour's CallingWretched – Finirà Mai ?O.D.F.X – Drop The A-Bomb On MeAfflicted – Here Come The CopsDeclino – Inutile TrionfoDicks – Hope You Get DraftedB.G.K. – Arms RaceCrass – It's YouUpright Citizens – Swastika RatssFalse Prophets – Banana Split RepublicMob 47 – Nuclear AttackOffenders – Face Down In The DirtContrazione – SbarreScum – So Much HateLos Violadores – Viejos PateticosDeadlock – SometimesP.P.G. – Will It Ever End?Trash – Peace Of What?Vicious Circle – Police BrutalityCondemned To Death – Gartlands PitNegazione – Non Mi DireD.O.A. – America The Beautiful Side BDirty Rotten Imbeciles – SnapPorno Patrol – Jump BackTreason – Drop OutShit S.A. – AbortosSeptic Death – SilenceCheetah Chrome Motherfuckers – Life Of PunishmentPeggio Punx – No MaiThe Proletariat – An Uneasy PeaceConflict – From Protest To ResistanceIconoclast – Battlefield (Nightmare)Pandemonium – Pay For ShItDead Kennedys – Kinky Sex Makes The World Go 'roundBoskops – SkorbutSubhumans – RatsWhite Lie – Peace OfficerWargasm – R.A.T. / PentagoneSlaughterhouse 4 – Four More HoursThe Execute – FinaleReagan Youth – Reagan YouthImpact – The Man Goes OnButthole Surfers – 100 Million People DeadKangrena – AtaquePorcelain Forehead – Will AmerikaBarely Human – No Mercy No WarR.A.F. Punk – Contro La Pace Contro La GuerraZenzile – Moment By Moment / Exiled ShadowsMDC – Missile Destroyed Civilization +++BONUS TRACKS FROM CD REISSUEJack Killed Jill – Walked In LineCorrupted Ideals – Feeble AttemptChrist On A Crutch – Paranoid World VisionUK Subs – Postcard From LAAnti-Flag – Die For The Government
