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Bill Moyers and Company: Tom Morello, Troubadour for Justice + RATM: Wake up + Springsteen & Morello: Ghost Of Tom Joad

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http://billmoyers.com
May 18, 2012

Songs of social protest — music and the quest for justice — have long been intertwined, and the troubadours of troubling times — Guthrie, Seeger, Baez, Dylan, and Springsteen among them — have become famous for their dedication to both. Now we can add a name to the ranks of those who lift their voices for social and economic justice: Tom Morello.

Morello is the Harvard-educated guitarist who dabbled in politics, then chose rock music to make a difference. He played guitar for the popular band he co-founded — Rage Against the Machine — and then for Audioslave. Rolling Stone chose his album “World Wide Rebel Songs” as one of the best of 2011, and named him one of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.

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Bill Moyers and Company: Tom Morello, Troubadour for Justice

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Rage Against The Machine – Wake Up

Bring that shit in!! on Dec 14, 2009

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Note: replaced video Aug. 18, 2012

Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello: The Ghost Of Tom Joad

on Oct 2, 2009

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see also this version of “The Ghost of Tom Joad” by Morello and Jim James, plus commentary by Jerry Alatalo:

Timeless Tom Joad From The Mind Of John Steinbeck (2014)

see

Occupy: The Left or The 99%? by Robert Guard

Resurrecting Insurrection by William T. Hathaway

The Spanish Revolution (and Occupy Everywhere): On the way to 12M

Chris Hedges’ talk May Day at OWS: Overthrow the Corporate State!

May Day Protests Around the World + Thousands join May Day march for workers rights in New York

Wisconsin “Budget Repair Bill” Protest + Tom Morello live from Madison protests

Rage Against the Machine: Killing in the Name

4 thoughts on “Bill Moyers and Company: Tom Morello, Troubadour for Justice + RATM: Wake up + Springsteen & Morello: Ghost Of Tom Joad”

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  3. Bill asked what are favorite protest songs–try, Black and Blue recorded by Louis Armstrong: bed hard as lead, even a mouse ran from my house, I must be dead; Oh why am I so black and blue; I’m white inside but that don’t help my case, cause I can’t help what is in my face–Artie Wolfe, Black Hawk Colorado

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