I mean, there has been a lot of consolidation of the music industry. There isn’t the same kind of music apparatus like there was when those songs were written. Plus, there have been some good protest songs recently. On May 6th, 2024 Macklemore put out Hinds Hall, then in September he put out Hinds Hall 2, then 11 months ago he put out Fucked Up. He’s also not signed to a label, so maybe that’s why. Famously, groups like Bob Vylan and Kneecap have taken a lot of heat for their positions. Vylan was dropped from their label, I believe they were facing charges. Kneecap was facing terrorism charges which were eventually dropped. Sure, this isn’t explicitly ICE related, but these struggles are all connected.

Radio is basically dead, most of the US and Canadian radio stations are corporate owned. As of 2021 only 80ish US stations were independent, and 13 Canadian stations were independent. The idea that a corporate owned radio station would play a “protest” song in 2026 seems unrealistic. Plus, most people are getting their music through corporate algorithms via services like Spotify or YT Music. Maybe there is some really great protest songs, but I have a feeling they don’t get the same kind of traction in the algorithms as other forms of music.

Buy buy buy!

Many people are saying it.

Are you thinking of Matt Walsh?

Little America, the big 51. God damn Fallout is cool. These ideas are from 1997 which is wild.

“I don’t see a gun, and I don’t see a knife, now’s my chance”

A real classic. My kiddos love that book.

I need to step up my game. Gotta get those Xi Bucks.

LMAO you’re not kidding

This includes universal Pre-K, Universal Higher Education, Public Option for Medicare, and every single cut to the MIC you can select BEFORE repealing OBBBA Tax Cuts.

And this is it after.

This is the final budget:

Wrap it up folks! Free Healthcare, Universal Prek, Free Higher Education, and Paid Family Leave!

Omar wanted a peace of that dude, pretty wild.

good post!

Hmm. How did this guy get in here? How are they verifying access to these groups? I feel like you could better atomize these groups.

The year is 204X in the United Soviet States of America. Its the end of my first term at Michael Parenti Technical Highschool, and I’m late for homeroom.

I make it to my desk just before the bell rings, and it looks like attendance hasn’t been taken yet. I pull my Tuxbook T40 out of my bag.

It weighs like 20lbs, its battery light is amber, I’ll have to charge it soon. Its been almost a year since I last plugged it in.

The room is a jumble of humming fans, idle chatter, and the sound of post codes from our laptops.

Our substitute is taking attendance on a note pad, he can’t figure out how to launch the TUI for FOSSschool.

My laptop finally boots. It runs EdtechOS, some atomic Linux distro the Tech Education Workers Collective makes us use.

[ Welcome Student! You have (5) new message(s)!]

I type Mail into the terminal. EdtechOS doesn’t have a GUI. Something about ‘unnecessary allocation of labor’

its mostly junk. I have a message from my Political Economy teacher.

She gave my report on the socioeconomic conditions of the Second Great World Anti-Fascist War an F… She said its revisionist, and to see her during my flex period.

We had the power go out twice today. Still waiting for it to come back. Just saw a truck with a spotlight pointed at the wires drive by, hopefully that means were only a few hours away from getting it back.

Lol maybe it could work. They are from the state after all.

I love this!

Coming down where I’m at! So glad I got the electric snow blower a couple years ago, it rips!

From what I’ve heard from people in the state something like 50,000 people turned out.

Every time he talks about his Dad not being able to read I cry.