i've always wondered if UR's politics were more stylistic that serious. I think the image of the political radical is very punk, very edgy, and they did come around in the wake of Public Enemy...but at the same time, maybe there were differences of opinion among the members about this. I remember people's stories about Mike Banks from when we (drift9 and i) were living in Michigan, that seemed to indicate his personal politics were pretty close to the image, but it was always 2nd or 3rd hand, so i don't know if it was true. in any event, it seems pretty obvious neither Jeff Mills nor Rob Hood are particularly politically radical, so maybe for them it was image and for Mike it was more sincere...