Eloquence of Rage
I hardly believe that in the current race for the presidency very many people would ever think of voting socialist. It would hardly have occurred to me either however the Los Angeles based band Rage Against the Machine (RATM) was there to open my eyes on several different views upon this grave subject we call politics. However much I hate politics and the study thereof, I do like this band and what they have to say. So much about them is on their website http://www.ratm.com/, it was crucial to me finding out that I was completely blind to so much, and that so many injustices were happening in our world I was almost in disbelief. On the website the band speaks of the such things they sing about. The first and foremost being their blatantly leftist views on politics. Especially those opposing past foreign wars, the Gulf War being the most recent and controversial. RATM also has ties with such groups as Refuse and Resist, a group that is against what has supposedly been fed down our throats as "typical" Christian (misogynist, pro death-penalty, anti-abortion, homophobe) values. Also, The International Office of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, Leonard Peltier is a Native American given two death
Overall the RATM experience (in my humble opinion) is awesome, even on the web they can relate their hot topics, combined with fiery wording to open the eyes of many people in a different way then I ever thought possible: Entertaining. One of the most important parts of the website, are any and all of the sites that have to do with Mumia Abu-jamal, and African-American journalist from Washington D. Another major part of RATM is how they encourage youth to speak out and think for themselves (not necessarily in that order), the band every month picks one person who is recognized on the website for their actions as "Freedom Fighter of the Month". There, of course, is much more on the site, all of it trying to sell merchandise, join the fan club, and listen to the band's music, which is all part of a typical band site. All of the proceeds go to a good cause, not just to the band members. All of these organizations have radical ideas, and would require major changes from mainstream thinking. ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**http://www. Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), which has a name that is self explanat!ory. The main page sends you to a links or information site with no pop-ups (that I encountered) and it is very easy to see where everything is on the website. All the links from the site are efficient and neat, they broadcast to you exactly what you want to see from them, which is all about Mumia and feminists and so on. I would like to think all the information on Mexico, Mumia Abu-Jamal, wars, their knowledge of the injustices they say so many suffer through is full of truth, but the fact is I do not know. So the reliability of the band's website is questionable. However I don't know how the bands facts are obtained nor do I know if they just given to me in a biased fashion by RATM, but I am sure that they couldn't make such strong political suggestions that were wrong without being corrected many times over. ! They pick their honorees by seeing who does such things as "feed the homeless, organize protests, boycotts or charity events, attend rallies, post flyers around your school, community or workplace, support labor rights and unions, write speeches, create political music or art, lobby politicians, challenge authority, help at shelters, fight censorship, racism, economic exploitation, judicial corruption or police brutality, support human rights or speak the truth of power to educate people".
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