Recently, Tom Morello gave an interview with Keith Obermann on the Occupy movement that has sprung up in the United States, Canada, and across the Atlantic. The musician behind the Nightwatchman and guitarist for Rage Against the Machine spoke of the importance of music and culture in political change, saying that in America, “every successful, progressive, radical or revolutionary movement this country has ever seen has had a great soundtrack.”
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You say you want a revolution: Soundtracks for Change in American Protest Movements
2011/10/14Categories: Matters of Debate, Punk and Politics
Tags: 1960s, American culture, American history, Arab Uprisings, Black Power, Bob Dylan, Civil Rights movement, dissent, music and politics, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, Protest, revolution, social movements, The Grateful Dead, Tom Morello, Vietnam War, Woody Guthrie
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