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Kanye West, Rage, Sonic Youth Rally Against Arizona
Rolling Stone ^ | May 27, 2010 9:01 AM EDT | Daniel Kreps

Posted on 05/28/2010 11:28:55 AM PDT by a fool in paradise

Kanye West, Sonic Youth, Rage Against the Machine and many more artists rallied to boycott Arizona after the state passed a controversial law that encourages police officers to target residents they "reasonably suspect" to be undocumented. Rage Against the Machine's Zack de la Rocha is leading the boycott, dubbed "The Sound Strike," which finds the large group of artists refusing to perform in Arizona as long as the law is in place.

"Fans of our music, our stories, our films and our words can be pulled over and harassed every day because they are brown or black, or for the way they speak, or for the music they listen to," de la Rocha said of the racial profiling promoted in law SB 1070. "People who are poor like some of us used to be could be forced to live in a constant state of fear while just doing what they can to find work and survive. This law opens the door for them to be shaked down, or even worse, detained and deported while just trying to travel home from school, from home to work, or when they just roll out with their friends. Some of us grew up dealing with racial profiling, but this law takes it to a whole new low. If other states follow the direction of the Arizona government, we could be headed towards a pre-civil rights era reality."

Other musicians who have joined in the Sound Strike include Serj Tankian, Conor Oberst, Tenacious D, Spank Rock, Joe Satriani, Cypress Hill, filmmaker Michael Moore and many more. (Check out the full list of artists and sign the Sound Strike's petition demanding the repeal of SB 1070 at their official Website.) The Sound Strike is also encouraging other artists to join the cause, so expect so more acts to align themselves with the Artists Call to Boycott Arizona movement in the coming weeks.


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: aliens; arizonalaw; conoroberst; cypresshill; douchebag; hollywoodreds; illegalimmigration; jackblack; joesatriani; kanyewest; michaelmoore; procrime; rageagainstmachine; reconquista; sb1070; serjtankian; sonicyouth; soundstrike; spankrock; tenaciousd; zackdelarocha
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1 posted on 05/28/2010 11:28:56 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
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I wouldn’t worry too much about anything Kanye West has to say. He is on such a path of self-destruction that I doubt he will live much longer.


2 posted on 05/28/2010 11:30:29 AM PDT by nolongerademocrat ("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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...said of the racial profiling promoted in law SB 1070.

Oh yeah, that's unbiased journalism at its best.

3 posted on 05/28/2010 11:30:34 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
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lol.........more from the stupid one.


4 posted on 05/28/2010 11:30:58 AM PDT by dalebert
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Wow. That list of “artists” boycotting Arizona sounds like a who’s-who of a**holes. How do we get them to boycott California? Can we pass Prop 187 again?


5 posted on 05/28/2010 11:31:02 AM PDT by fr_freak
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To: 537cant be wrong; Aeronaut; bassmaner; Bella_Bru; Big Guy and Rusty 99; Brian Allen; cgk; ...

Hollywood Reds and Rablerousers ping


6 posted on 05/28/2010 11:31:10 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Throw the bums out in 2010.)
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I’m going to need a list of these ‘artists’. Since they don’t seem to care about laws passed by the electorate, I guess they would be okay with me illegally downloading their music.


7 posted on 05/28/2010 11:31:25 AM PDT by The Iceman Cometh (0bama is my President...and he's out to get me!)
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Love Rage’s hypocrisy though. Commie lovers that make a boatload of $$$ via Capitalism.


8 posted on 05/28/2010 11:31:31 AM PDT by mrmeyer ("When brute force is on the march, compromise is the red carpet." Ayn Rand)
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lol great point!


9 posted on 05/28/2010 11:32:26 AM PDT by jackspyder
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Kanye West likes fish sticks.....in his mouth.....


10 posted on 05/28/2010 11:32:39 AM PDT by BigBlueJon ("And shepherds we shall be....For Thee, my Lord, for Thee....")
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Can’t say I see any I’d want to download on that list anyway.

But it was my intent to help them circulate their names in association with this campaign.


11 posted on 05/28/2010 11:32:56 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Throw the bums out in 2010.)
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Tom Petty / ZZ Top to play Phoenix 9/26/2010
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12 posted on 05/28/2010 11:33:44 AM PDT by evets (beer)
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Perhaps they will persuade illegal aliens to boycott Arizona.


13 posted on 05/28/2010 11:33:49 AM PDT by Guyin4Os (A messianic ger-tsedek)
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"People who are poor like some of us used to be could be forced to live in a constant state of fear while just doing what they can to find work and survive. This law opens the door for them to be shaked down, or even worse, detained and deported while just trying to travel home from school, from home to work, or when they just roll out with their friends. Some of us grew up dealing with racial profiling, but this law takes it to a whole new low.

It's not racial profiling, it profiles citizen vs. non-citizen. Same as other countries would do to me if I travel (or attempt to travel) inside their borders.

14 posted on 05/28/2010 11:34:21 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Throw the bums out in 2010.)
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I’d love to boycott these boycotters, but I’ve never patronized any of them.


15 posted on 05/28/2010 11:34:40 AM PDT by Rocko
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Sorry Kanye, but you don’t represent mainstream America.


16 posted on 05/28/2010 11:35:01 AM PDT by jersey117
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The Hasbeens speak!


17 posted on 05/28/2010 11:35:11 AM PDT by BossLady (No More Corona in Arizona!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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Kanye West, Rage, Sonic Youth Rally Against Arizona

Gee, who's left to bring the potato salad to the MENSA picnic?

18 posted on 05/28/2010 11:36:01 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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Looking at that list this sounds like a gift to Arizona. AND this costs the ‘artists’. I have a feeling that eventually lost ticket sales will win over. Michael Moore? Oh, gosh not that! What does that schlub do for anyone’s economy but his own?


19 posted on 05/28/2010 11:36:30 AM PDT by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it*s the new black. Mmm Mmm Mmm.)
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The Has Beens Tour 2010?


20 posted on 05/28/2010 11:36:55 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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