On Tyranny: Parker Woodland Frontwoman Talks About Protesting at Complex That Housed 5-Year-Old ICE Detainee Liam Ramos
In this edition of On Tyranny, Erin Walter – frontwoman of Austin power-pop punks Parker Woodland – discusses the Department of Homeland Security’s plan to build a slew of new detention centers (some call them concentration camps) across the country. Walter is particularly knowledgable on the subject, having protested at the South Texas Family Residential Center, which recently housed 5-year-old ICE detainee Liam Ramos and his father (they were released earlier this week).
The singer/activist also reveals what led her band to cover the Clash’s “Police on My Back,” which Parker Woodland released as a single roughly a week ago. Proceeds from sales of that song and its B-side, “Get Me to the Show,” are benefitting the Texas Civil Rights Project. The single is available on Parker Woodland’s Bandcamp page, which also contains copious information about the band and its releases.
Hear more from the brave musicians fighting in the resistance against fascism in The Bad Penny‘s On Tyranny archive. The most recent installments of the series are:
• Jesus Christ Taxi Driver Say Humor Is the Greatest Threat to Trump and MAGA’s Authoritarian Coup
• Fuck Money Drummer Tells ICE and Billionaires to Fuck Off
• South American Post-Punks Pilgrims Worried About Touring US Amid ICE Atrocities
• Anarchist Art Collective INDECLINE’s List of Essential Reads
• Musician Joe Turmes, No Kings Organizer, Says What You Can Do to Help Resist Fascism
(PS: I accidentally referred to Erin as Parker Woodland a couple of times at the start of our conversation. My apologies to Erin.)
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