Seattle Times: Activists hold May Day ‘pop-up’ block party in Seattle to protest youth incarceration
The May Day event included hip-hop performances, food, live-painting and speakers MAY 2, 2017 – May Day marches, rallies and even “pop-up parties” to celebrate worker’s rights, and to protest…
Milwaukee Musicians Respond to Trump Presidency
“Unpresidented” to be title of new protest music album by Milwaukee-based bands and musicians, with lines such as “He will not destroy us” to protest the horrible Trump Presidency. Bands…
Coachella Bans Medical Marijuana at Event
Patient Discrimination to be Standard Policy by Event Organizers APR 25, 2017 – Coachella organizers have banned medical marijuana patients from bringing their medicine to the event in Indio, California.…
VOX: The History of American Protest Music
From “Yankee Doodle” to Kendrick Lamar – How Protest Music evolved From Civil War Refrains to Viral Trump Videos APR 24, 2017 – Bridgett Henwood of VOX has a good…
Brown Political Review: Resistance Music in the Trump Era
Resistance Music in the Trump Era By Mara Donadio MARCH 20, 2017 – “Donald Trump’s election has elicited resistance marked by activism and political opposition spanning the entire partisan spectrum, from all corners of the world,…
RS: Watch James Corden’s Musical Spoof Starring Trump, Spicer, Conway, Bannon
“James Corden imagined the horrific ambitions of President Donald Trump and his administration in a parody of Matilda’s “When I Grow Up” on The Late Late Show Monday.” March 23,…
SXSW-bound Italian band Soviet Soviet denied entry to U.S., jailed and deported
From KIRO7.com: “SEATTLE – Italian rock band Soviet Soviet was scheduled to perform next week at the South by Southwest Music Festival, but according to a statement from the band…
ELIZA GILKYSON – NEW VIDEO – THE GREAT CORRECTION
THE GREAT CORRECTION (ELIZA GILKYSON) Making this video has been a real opportunity for us to increase our knowledge of the history of resistance, the political movements and the icons…
National Cannabis Festival Coming Back to DC!
2017 Cannabis Festival to Feature Talib Kweli and Other Musicians FEB 24, 2017 – The National Cannabis Festival is coming back to DC, and JTMP will be there again to…