After the record-breaking turnouts that participated in the peaceful No Kings protests over the past year and change, ICE has adopted a new strategy of unlawfully detaining people of color – and dissenters who oppose the Trump regime’s draconian tactics. Due to their cowardly methods of “disappearing” hundreds upon thousands of men, women and children – many, if not most of whom, are legally allowed to be in the U.S. – we’ve become inured to the fact that unchecked authority, rampant lawlessness and a chilling grip of fear that the vast majority of us living here feel.
In response, ex-Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello – widely considered to be one of the greatest virtuosos of the past three decades – took it upon himself to amass a diverse set of musicians for a Woodstock-esque concert extravaganza. Named after the John Lennon hit from 1971, Power to the People took place Saturday in Columbia, Missouri – specifically, at Merriweather Post Pavilion, which has a capacity of approximately 19,000 attendees.
The entire event aired just one time on MS NOW on Saturday. But alas, clips of the historic galvanizing event are scattered across the Internet. Here are our top 10 favorite moments from Tom Morello’s “Power to the People” daylong event:
1. “This Land Is Your Land” jam by various artists
