Tom Morello

Not NATO's Kind of Town

Curtis Black | Posted 05.23.2012

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Monday morning's headlines did nothing to burnish the city's reputation, and the $128 million that summit boosters said would be injected into the city's economy turned out to be a figment of their imagination.

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WATCH: Tom Morello's Occupy 'Guitarmy'

Bill Moyers | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Tom Morello, Tom Morello Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, Ows, Politics News

An army of guitarists took to the streets of New York City earlier this month as part of Occupy Wall Street's May Day resurgence. Led by former Rage A...

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PHOTOS: Nurses Union's Pre-NATO Rally Gets Big Turnout

AP | RYAN J. FOLEY and NOMAAN MERCHANT | Posted 05.19.2012

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CHICAGO — Hundreds of protesters broke away from a large rally and began marching through Chicago streets Friday, taunting police and shouting a...

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WATCH: Tom Morello and Bill Moyers: Music and Message

Bill Moyers | Posted 05.14.2012

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This weekend, Tom Morello shares his music, message, and mission -- and I'm all ears.

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City Pulls Nurses Union's Anti-NATO Protest Permit

Posted 05.09.2012

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The nation's largest nurses union is considering taking legal action after the city of Chicago revoked its previously approved permit to rally downtow...

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Happy Birthday, Pete Seeger

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Almanac Singers, Tom Morello, Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Folk Music, Nobel Peace Prize, If I Had a Hammer, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Ani DiFranco, Weavers, Bruce Springsteen, Newport Folk Festival, Pete Seeger Birthday, Politics News

Today is Pete Seeger's 93rd birthday. What's an appropriate gift for the most influential folk artist of the 20th century? A few years ago some of Pete's fans launched a campaign to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize. It is time to resurrect that effort.

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May Day Protests Make Mark With Music

Voto Latino | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Outernational, Immigration, May Day, Tom Morello, Conrazon, Ceci Bastida, Latino Voices News

May Day, also known as International Workers' Day, is historically a day for the working class to rise up in demonstration and march for higher wages, equal access to jobs, and the right to unionize.

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'Definitely A Restart For Occupy Wall Street'

Reuters | Posted 05.02.2012

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* Movement inspires rallies in numerous cities * "Anarchists" wear black bandannas in some locations * Packets of harmle...

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Tom Morello At Occupy May Day In Union Square (VIDEO)

Posted 05.01.2012

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Tom Morello and his "guitarmy" led the Occupy Wall Street masses from Bryant Park down to lower Manhattan in New York on Tuesday, stopping to perform ...

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PHOTOS: 6 Arrested During #OWS May Day Protests In NYC

Posted 05.01.2012

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Occupy Wall Street protesters converged on Manhattan Tuesday for May Day. Some met in Bryant Park to form a "guitarmy," others gathered in Bushwick fo...

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Want To Join Tom Morello's Occupy Wall Street 'Guitarmy'?

The Huffington Post | Crystal Bell | Posted 04.30.2012

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Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello is calling out for 10,000 guitar players to join him at Occupy Wall Street's May Day protest on May 1. ...

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OWS May Day 'General Strike' Planned

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.01.2012

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Occupy Wall Street activists are planning for a nationwide series of demonstrations billed as a "general strike" on Tuesday in what could be the bigge...

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A (Slideshow) Talk with Antonino D'Ambrosio of Let Fury Have the Hour

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Staceyann Chin, Tom Morello, John Sayles, Eve Ensler, Antonino D'Ambrosio, Let Fury Have the Hour, Tribeca Film Festival 2012, Eugene Hutz, Van Jones, Shepard Fairey, Hari Kunzru, Culture News

What Antonino D'Ambrosio has done with Let Fury Have the Hour is making me rethink everything I took for granted in my life.

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Morello, Das Racist, Dan Deacon To Perform At Occupy May Day Rally

Posted 04.23.2012

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The music lineup has been released for Occupy Wall Street's big May Day protest and General Strike on May 1st in New York City. True, there's no Radio...

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Woody Guthrie's Los Angeles

Peter Dreier | Posted 04.10.2012

Surely if Guthrie -- best known for "This Land Is Your Land," often considered America's alternative national anthem -- were alive today, he'd be writing songs about families fighting bank foreclosures, university students protesting tuition increases, workers organizing and people mobilizing for immigrants rights.

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Band Rages Against Limbaugh

Posted 03.09.2012

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Tom Morello, guitarist of Rage Against The Machine, some rather harsh words for Rush Limbaugh on Thursday. Morello told Rolling Stone magazine tha...

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Bruce Springsteen: Still Rocking As Hard As Ever On New Album, Wrecking Ball

Julie Kocsis | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Tom Morello, Wrecking Ball, Born in the USA, E Street Band, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

For fans of Bruce, picking up this new album is a no-brainer. It's classic Bruce rock and roll at its finest.

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Review: Wrecking Ball by Bruce Springsteen

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.05.2012

Wrecking Ball stands as Springsteen's best album release in almost thirty years. It's both wrenching and jubilant; looking back and looking forward; steeped in sorrow as well as celebratory and undaunted.

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Chimes of Freedom: Artists Talk Amnesty

Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Pete Townshend, Human Rights, Tom Morello, Chimes of Freedom, Joe Perry, Bob Dylan, Secret Policeman's Ball, Amnesty International, Ziggy Marley, Entertainment News

So I walk into the studio, and suddenly I'm in the presence of a rock god. Joe Perry is sitting on a big black leather sofa, casually strumming a sweet Guild for a blazing new cover of "Man of Peace" -- one of Bob Dylan's babies Chimes of Freedom.

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A Tom Morello Video Exclusive, Chatting With Dave Koz and Laurie Berkner, Plus Ani DiFranco's Download

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: The Beatles, Susie Lampert, Dave Koz, Tom Morello, They Must Be Giants, Adam Bernstein, Ronnie Spector, Laurie Berkner, Barenaked Ladies, Ani DiFranco, Mel Tormé, Ziggy Marley, Brian Mueller, Carpenters, Lois Lane, Richard Carpenter, Video, TV News

Tom Morello: The Watchman features an intimate conversation with Morello about the "high-wire act" of embarking on a solo career, the impetus behind his storied musical career and how his definition of "heavy music" has changed over the years.

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2011 Workers Voice Awards Named, Signals Strong Year for Worker-Based Themes in Pop Culture

Wyatt Closs | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Peter Berg, Mike Ross, Workers, Dirty Jobs, Economics, Stone's Throw Records, A-Moment-in-the-Sun, John Sayles, Blowback Productions, Economy, Marc-Levin, Finn Ryan, Immigration, Awards, Music, Brian Grazer, Aloe Blacc, Workers Voice Awards, Craig Piligian, Parks and Recreation, Television, McSweeney's, Union Song, Greg Daniels, Wisconsin, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Books, Hbo, Economic Crisis, Michael Schur, I Need a Dollar, Tom Morello, Friday Night Lights, A Better Life, Award Season, Film, US Economy, Spiegel and Grau, Art, Work, Griftopia, Rolling Stone, Chris Weitz, Unions, Mike-Taibbi, Amy Poehler, Entertainment News

Can a film about an immigrant father struggling to start a gardening business be a defining work of 2011? Yes. Who was best at amplifying workers' voi...

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Rock Music's Political Thump Turns to Thud

Jason Schmitt | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Third Eye Blind, Occupy Wall Street, Stephan Jenkins, El General, Tom Morello, Wayne Kramer, Rock, Occupy Movement, Rock and Roll, Protest Music, mc5, John Sinclair, Culture News

The apathy of the last decade seems to have lifted. And truth will emerge, the way it always has, through the murky waters of social critique. We need more leaders. We need more anthems.

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The Occupy Movement: A Familiar Gathering

Pete Mason | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Pete Seeger, Tom Morello, Music Festivals, Occupy Wall Street, Arts News

Even though Occupy Wall Street has a festival feel to it, the seriousness of the movement is not to be dismissed in the process.

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Occupy Wall Street: Music Central To Protest

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Occupy Music, Video, Kanye West, Occupy Wall Street, Michael Franti, Tom Morello, Occupy Wall Street Music, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Jeff Mangum, Music, #Occupywallstreet, Culture News

By DAVID BAUDER, The Associated Press NEW YORK — The sound of insistent drumming bounces off the sides of nearby office towers announcing the loc...

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Tom Morello's Not Alone, Speaks at Occupy LA

Voto Latino | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Occupy La, Voto Latino, Rage Against the Machine, Tom Morello, Occupy Wall Street, Latino Politics, Latino Voices News

The movement, which has remained mostly peaceful until recently when Occupy Oakland protesters got tear gassed and shot at with rubber bullets by the Oakland PD, has brought many musicians together in solidarity.

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