The reality is that a consumer culture which chucks out its iPhones for a new version every nine months is completely unsustainable, because Earth has already reached the tipping point. 'The General Strike' attempts to personalize these issues and encourage listeners to look for a new model.

Sane usually uses high gain Marshall amp heads like JCM800s 900s & 2000s and Marshall 1960 cabs. Anti-Flag released a split CD with Bouncing Souls seven months later. Various band members came and went during 1997 and 1998 after which they finally settled on a permanent line-up consisting of Sane as guitarist/vocalist Thetic as drummer Chris Head as lead guitarist/backing vocalist and Chris "#2" Barker as bassist/second vocalist.

He holds dual US and Irish citizenship and lives in Pittsburgh. Justin Sane is the lead guitarist and singer/songwriter of the United States-based musical group Anti-Flag a punk rock band formed in 1988 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania known for its outspoken left-wing views.