Bernie Sanders' L.A. ‘Fighting Oligarchy' Rally to Feature Neil Young, Joan Baez, Maggie Rogers & More
Sen. Bernie Sanders' 'Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here' tour will fire up again this weekend when he brings a roster of heavy hitters with him to Los Angeles's Gloria Molina Grand Park. In addition to the firebrand Vermont independent, the event will also feature his tour mate, Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as well as Neil Young, Joan Baez and Maggie Rogers.
Others slated to perform at the rally include: Jeff Rosenstock, Dirty Projectors, Indigo De Souza, The Red Pears and the Raise Gospel Choir.
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Sanders has been very vocal in his disdain for the Trump administration's ruinous tariff policies this week in the midst of a stock market meltdown that has spurred fears of a global recession, or possible depression, as a result of the President's unpredictable threats and retreats on international trade policy. During a CNN town hall with Anderson Cooper on Wednesday, Sanders lambasted Trump's pugilistic approach to foreign policy, saying, 'We don't have to hate China. We don't have to hate other people. Let's figure out a way to work together.'
With Trump threatening greatly increased tariffs on most countries in the world, then doing a sudden about-face just hours before they were slated to go into effect this week — while boosting tariffs on China to 125% — Sanders, 83, added, 'The goal has got to be to break down these barriers that separate us as human beings — come together as Americans and come together globally as human beings.'
The whipsawing of the markets has touched nearly every aspect of the economy, including music stocks, which saw large declines last week after the President's so-called 'Liberation Day' imposition of tariffs on all U.S. trading partners. The ensuing Wall Street bloodbath kicked off a massive decline across a number of stock indices, with a wide range of music stocks suffering major declines ranging from 6.8% for MSG Entertainment to 13.9% for Sphere Entertainment Co. last Thursday.
Sanders and AOC have been barnstorming across the country on their tour, drawing thousands, and in some cases tens of thousands, at rallies in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and Utah. At a March 7 event in Kenosha, WI, Sanders invited Laura Jane Grace on stage to perform a new song called 'Your God (God's D–k),' which caused some outrage online about its profane lyrics and religious themes.
in the song, Grace notes that some while religious conservatives are struggling to use the proper pronouns for trans people, they have no problem when it comes to gendering a deity. 'Does your god have a big fat d–k?/ 'Cause it feels like he's f—ing me,' Grace sings on the track. 'Are his b–ls filled with lightning?/ Do they dangle like heaven's keys?'
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