Yesterday (January 30), Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine, etc.), Rise Against, Al Di Meola, and Ike Reilly took aim at the Trump administration and ICE during a special protest show at First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN. Notably, Bruce Springsteen also made a surprise appearance during the event. You can see fan-filmed footage from the concert below.
Morello said the following during his set:
“Brothers and sisters, thank you for welcoming us to the battle of Minneapolis. My friends, if it looks like fascism, sounds like fascism, acts like fascism, dresses like fascism, talks like fascism, kills like fascism and lies like fascism, brothers and sisters, it’s f*cking fascism. It’s here, it’s now, it’s in my city, it’s in your city and it must be resisted, protested, defended against, stood up to, exposed, ousted, overthrown and driven out. By who? By you. By me.
Minneapolis is an inspiration to the entire nation. You have heroically stood up against ICE, stood up against Trump, stood up against this terrible rising tide of state terror. You’ve stood up for your neighbors and for yourselves and for democracy and for justice. Ain’t nobody coming to save us, except us. And brothers and sisters, you are showing the way.
To that end, we would like to begin our program with an old Native American war chant. We encourage you to singalong, in this very room Prince created a revolution, now it’s our turn.”
[via The PRP]
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