Editing Anti-Flag (section)

===RCA (2005–2009)===
In 2005, Anti-Flag signed a two-album record contract with the [[List of record labels|major label]] [[RCA]]. In an interview with British newspaper ''[[The Guardian]]'', Justin Sane explained the band's move to a major label:

{{blockquote|We've been approached by the major labels over the past seven or eight years, but we thought we had an impact where we were. They were never willing to give us complete control. This time they were willing to give us complete control over what we record, the artwork, and who we tour with. We won't be censored. If there was ever a time to take a chance to be heard on a mass scale, then this is the time. I feel like we've been a voice in the wilderness for too long.<ref name="guardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/apr/29/arts.politics|title=Anti-Flag to incite May Day masses|last=Brown|first=Mark|date=2006-04-29|website=The Guardian|access-date=2015-05-20}}</ref>}}

The first of these two albums, ''[[For Blood and Empire]]'', was released on March 21, 2006. The album's main focus is criticism of the U.S. government's mishandling of the [[War on Terrorism]]. The album's lead single, "This Is The End (For You My Friend)," is featured in the video game [[Madden NFL 07]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.ign.com/articles/714/714060p1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060703074144/http://music.ign.com/articles/714/714060p1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 3, 2006 |title=Madden NFL 07 Soundtrack – Music News at IGN |publisher=Music.ign.com |access-date=August 17, 2012 }}</ref> and [[NHL 07]]. This single strays from the theme of war and instead focuses on troubled youth. They finished their "War Sucks, Let's Party" United States headlining tour in April and worked on some side projects such as the [[African Well Fund]] and Start to Finish MS Now.

Throughout Anti-Flag's career, numerous other bands have been added to the roster of the band's own label, [[A-F Records]]. These bands include [[The Code (band)|The Code]], Pipedown, [[Much the Same]], The Vacancy, [[The Unseen (band)|The Unseen]], [[Modey Lemon]], Thought Riot, Tabula Rasa, and many others.

On November 25, Anti-Flag revealed that their latest album was called ''[[The Bright Lights of America]]''. The album was produced by [[Tony Visconti]] and was released on April 1, 2008. The album's title single was released exclusively on iTunes on February 12, 2008. A video of the song was released some weeks later.

In 2008, while on tour with Canadian band [[Billy Talent]] in Europe, [[Justin Sane]] and Chris No. 2 joined [[Billy Talent]] singer [[Ben Kowalewicz]] and guitarist [[Ian D'Sa]], singing their new song "[[Turn Your Back]]" from their upcoming unreleased album. The two also play on the single version of the song.

In March 2009, Anti-Flag was forced to cancel a series of tours after Sane broke his collarbone at the UEA LCR in Norwich by jumping off the stage, trying to stop someone that was throwing objects at the band.<ref name="Singer breaks collarbone in stage dive, Norwich Evening News, 7/3/09">{{Cite web|url=http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED06%20Mar%202009%2015%3A28%3A16%3A923|title=Evening News 24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602132943/http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED06%20Mar%202009%2015%3A28%3A16%3A923|access-date=September 8, 2020|archive-date=June 2, 2009}}</ref>