"Fighting Oligarchy": Neil Young & Others in Los Angeles Today
"Rockin' in the Free World"
Neil Young, Joan Baez & Others
Gloria Molina Grand Park, Los Angeles - April 12, 2025
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Neil Young is a "special musical guest" with Joan Baez, Maggie Rogers, and others for the rally in Gloria Molina Grand Park. The "Fighting Oligarchy Tour" is organized by U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders as a protest against the Trump administration.
"Fighting Oligarchy"
Gloria Molina Grand Park, Los Angeles - April 12
Neil Young's setlist: "Rainbow of Colors" & "Rockin' in the Free World"
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by thrasher@PermaLink: 4/12/2025 09:02:00 AM
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Does anyone know if this streaming? Media coverage has been almost nonexistent here in the states.
It is streaming right now
Old Black already hit the stage, but April Verrett is still speaking. So assume that Neil Young will be next in line.
Slightly altered lyrics: Take America back and keep on rockin' in ther free world...
Neil came out after Joan Baez and Maggie Rogers which is live right now... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU_GhbFH2Gw
Missed it. Thnx Jim
Thnx
Thnx? As always…
What an inspiring set by Neil Young with help from Joan Baez & Maggie Rogers! “People have the power” said Joan. AOC was great. Bernie was awesome! We are taking America back!
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There is a big shift happening. The Billionaires are nervous.
Are there any estimations as to how many people attended this event? I have a problem to contextualise demonstrations of this kind in the US. When Trump took office the first time, there was a Women's march in DC with 100 000's of participants. When recently the German chancellor-to-be Friedrich Merz just made a duplicit move in parliament regarding immigration we counted in between 250 000 and 300 000 in Munich alone (in between 10 and 15% of the population of the Munich and adjacent communities). Now I do understand that yesterday's event was a partisan affair, LA for large gatherings is difficult logistically and it might not be that a conventional American behaviour to take to the streets to protest, but the cameras showed a crowd of maybe 10 000. Or is it that the "big shift" is not televised?
It's hard to know the impact of these rallies, but I'm not sure a comparison with Trump 1.0 or the German protests against Merz's anti-immigrant legislation is apt. For one, there is a sense of futility and dumbfoundedness that people are taking awhile to overcome. Second, in Trump 1.0, the Women's March was both novel and one off. This time around, there are rallies every week now. The big Hands Off one last week, Bernie/AOC this week, another 50501 rally next week. Hard to get the same kinds of crowds over a dispersed set of rallies.
I was out of town and so missed yesterday's rally. Heard from friends it was good. Honestly, 36,000 is pretty impressive on the same weekend as Coachella and given that many who feel targeted by ICE may be avoiding getting caught up in a raid. We know that this past week, ICE tried to enter 2 schools in LA.
Whatever the case, we will continue to fight this authoritarianism and hope the movement grows. It's all we can do.
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There is power in numbers, so hopefully we see more people joining the fight against this regime. The constitution is being dismantled by these crazy criminals, and our only hope lies with the citizens of this country to step up and illustrate to them that we want our country back.
Peace to all 🙏
Really sucked yesterday to see the Local Tesla dealer allow MAGA/T Rump/Musk supporters into the parking lot.
With their blow-up T Rump doll & Maga flags. All Non-Tesla vehicles!
Whilst us peaceful protesters were kept on the side walk. Behind police tape & barricades. Heavy Police presence (T Rump requested to have police coverage @ all Tesla dealers).
The encouraging news, even though the weather was not great yet again, We Outnumbered Maga/Trumpers/Muskrats by MANY TIMES OVER. And they bailed earlier. Great Exposure ( @ this location) But absolutely NO media coverage!
It's great that Neil was at the rally. The song selection he played was appropriate, even though I don't like the music of Rainbow Of Colors, because it has the same melody as On Top Of Old Smokey.
Neil starting to look like a 1860 Mormon pioneer. Lol
Thanks for the background. Watching the speakers at the event and adding your assessment I understand it has yet to dawn on most Americans what they have done to themselves and others around the globe. It's still the seismograph individuals and organizations but not e.g. mothers, homemakers, and customers of home depot stores. I believe ultimately it will be those who will put an end to this nightmare. There's a lot of coverage about American supermarkets and their prices lately here in Europe.
Nice!
Boomer worth $200 million protests the system and values that enriched him and a president who encapsulates those values. Trump is far similar to Young than many of you would dare to believe. Anti war, with a high-value bride on his arm, and in the class of mega money, power and the platform that brings. And its fascinating how these old rock stars start to conspicuously appear on all channels doing good when they just happen to have a record/film/tour to promote. Do you ever feel youve been had? I love his music like the rest of you, but I just cant stomach his cheap cliched politics. Disregarding how artistically you got it, $200 million definitely puts you in the oligarch class too. Its only his old contrarian self that means he doesnt join them. Hannah and Neil could be at the top table at Mar el Lago and Musk could have a soundtrack for Starship launches of Old Black noise.
Bernie & AOC. are in Nampa Idaho tonight, so I’m driving out to hear them speak. Hoping for a huge turnout 🙏
"Boomer worth $200 million protests the system and values that enriched him and a president who encapsulates those values." Thanks, I needed that, an absurd sentence telling in a nutshell where the problem lies: a protection racket figuring as government does not have "values". And given the absurd handling of everything from tariffs to immigration to foreign aid, to dismantling the judiciary system: there is nothing but chaos. Now, that's a "system"? Welcome to 1984.
Correct. Going back to 1984 is the aim. Peak Reagan and American manufacturing. Smaller foreign aid budget. Less politicised judiciary. USA meant confidence not conflict. Neil was a wholesome family man yet still quite young hippy millionaire who loved it too. It was great, still the clouds of globalisation were gathering, and Neil sang about not driving a Toyota, and the plight of the blue collar American workers, the remnants of whom just voted Trump - twice.
David, what do you really know about the blue collar workers? On any reflective view, the blue collar worker (whatever that is precisely) has been and continues to be swindled. Reagan trickled down his own political urine on their heads. Trump is more overt because he is without any morals and so without a normative vision: a nihilist. Can we all agree on the positive vision? We need to meet the needs of our citizens, all of them. for this we need a real vision and real policy. Trump is destroying the country through wasted time. Four years from now we will not have anything of what we need. He is setting the country back in every respect. I hope we can agree on the environment? It makes no sense, literally none, to drill baby drill: this is foolish and gross "toxic masculinity" which is no surprise for a rapist.
"Nineteen Eighty-Four": "2 + 2 = 5", the rest of the world will pay tariffs, then income tax will be abolished... There is no way to debate absolute believers, they are beyond logic until they are at the end of their wallets and bank accounts.
“Rainbow of Colors”....what a perfect song to include, Neil! ✨
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