Posted on 07/11/2022 1:31:55 AM PDT by Morgana
In their first show in eleven years, alternative rock band Rage Against the Machine used their set to channel their frustration over the Supreme Court’s ruling last month to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Performing at Wisconsin’s Alpine Valley Music Theatre on Saturday, the band had numerous captions appear on a screen on stage that called out the decision to overturn Roe, citing certain circumstances and issues that pertain to the matter, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
“Forced birth in a country that is the only wealthy country in the world without any guaranteed paid parental leave at the national level,” one caption read.
“Forced birth in a country where Black birth-givers experience maternal mortality two to three times higher than that of white birth-givers,” another caption read as lead singer Zack de La Rocha screams “freedom” repeatedly. “Forced birth in a country where gun violence is the number one cause of death among children and teenagers,” another caption read.
As the sequence ended, a bold caption that read “ABORT THE SUPREME COURT” appeared on the screen.
The band, whose last studio album was released in 2000, joins a growing list of celebrities and artists who have shared their disapproval over the Supreme Court ruling to overturn the landmark abortion rights decision.
During his band’s performance in London last month, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong announced that he plans to renounce his U.S citizenship due to the overturn of Roe, saying “there’s just too much ******* stupid in the world to go back to that miserable ******* excuse for a country.”
Last month, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the constitutional right to an abortion. As a result of the ruling, multiple GOP-led states have either implemented or enacted their own abortion bans and restrictions.
President Biden on Friday signed an executive order that is intended to protect abortion and contraception access in the country.
Gee nobody cared about this Freak for over a decade and now the media wants to give him some roach light. Well roaches, go Rage Against The Man you voted for and stop playing Fantasy Landia pretending that Republicans are in charge.
RATM is just noise, always was. They’re a joke musically and politically. Just not a wry funny one.
In a decade of great music I always thought they stank.
There is no principle except 'Who Whom'.
Aren’t these people supporting the dems who invented abortion clinics to keep the blacks under control? That, I read, was the original plan.
Give a rocket scientist like this a guitar and he’s gonna sing stupid stuff. No exceptions. It’s written right there in the statutes.
Why should we pay any attention to a group that has this type poster?
https://cdn3.volusion.com/bxqxk.xvupj/v/vspfiles/photos/TAZ141-2.jpg?v-cache=1327064021
I saw this poster on my nephew’s wall and asked why he had a poster of mass murderer Che.
His reaction was...”Who’s Che?”
Me: “He was Castro’s man who murdered so many Cuban people!”
His reaction: “Who’s Castro?”
I knew then he was beyond help.
90s band seeks relevancy again.
Drugs is bad... don’t do drugs.
If it weren’t for abortion how many overpaid noisemakers like Rage would’ve been on the hook for child support?
Funny how, among other things they rage against gun violence. In the 90’s they did benefit concerts for America’s favorite cop killer mumia abu Jamal who murdered Philadelphia PO Daniel Faulkner with an ILLEGALLY OBTAINED FIREARM. They were full of 💩 then and they’re full of 💩 now.
typical music group that thinks they have an influence on people, all people want is a good show and music they enjoy.
raking in lots of money for the group and record company
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