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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

2. “Streets of Minneapolis” by Bruce Springsteen

2. Heather Cox Richardson’s video summary

3. “Rockin’ in the Free World” by Bruce Springsteen, Tom Morello, Dave Grohl, more

4. “Adjourn It” featuring Tom Morello and Serj Tankian

5. “Killing in the Name” by Tom Morello and friends

7. “War Pigs” by Jack Sabbath and Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler at Power to the People

8. Foo Fighters – “My Hero”

9. “Power to the People” by Tom Morello

10. “For What It’s Worth” by Stephen Stills (feat. Dave Matthews and Tom Morello)

Power to the People was a far cry from the violent, near-riot that Rage Against the Machine allegedly provoked at the Democratic National Committee in 2000, ostensibly to protest their disgust with America’s two-party political system.

A representative for Morello told The Bad Penny that Morello declined comment for this story.

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