Wish someone in the music industry would organize a concert like "We are the World" or "Farm Aid"...

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like back in the day featuring anti-trump headliners like Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Joan Jett, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, The Chicks, Bono and the group, and others...maybe as big as Woodstock.

[SheltieLover]

1. I agree! Sadly, there doesn't seem to be a world vision with current musicians

[blubunyip]

30. Talk to a musician these days

and you will understand.

[SheltieLover]

32. What exactly does this mean?

[Irish_Dem]

2. "We The People" concert.

Not billionaires or politicians.

Just regular people.

We. The. People.

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3. That's a good name.

[walkingman]

4. I still live in the 70s music era - out of curiosity

who would be the big headliners (musical activists) these days?

I know of Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus? Is Billy Strings (I like him)? I wish there were some country groups/people like the Dixie Chicks, because that genre seems to be those that represent most of rural America.

Probably some rappers - do they mix with the pop/rock crowd?

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5. "The Chicks" of course. They're the country group with a history of protest.

I'm still trying to remember the Irish group...not Sting, but the orther group popular in the '90s and early ought tens.

[TnDem]

6. U2?

If it is U2, they were more 1980's...

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7. Yes. That's who I was trying to think of.

[Wiz Imp]

12. There are a lot of outspoken Country singers on the left.

In addition to the Dixie Chicks, there's

Jason Isbell
Maren Morris
Willie Nelson
Dolly Parton
Rosanne Cash
Kacey Musgraves
Emmylou Harris
Garth Brooks
Trisha Yearwood
Tim McGraw
Faith Hill
Steve Earle
LeAnn Rimes
Sturgill Simpson
Brandy Clark
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Mickey 'Guyton
Rodney Crowell

Just to name a few

Not to mention those who've passed away like

Johnny Cash
Kris Kristofferson
Waylon Jennings
John Prine
etc.

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13. Thanks for the reminders. What a concert it could be, music from all genres speaking out...

against the sick fuck.

[walkingman]

20. Thank you - that is exactly what I was hoping for....

People like this make me feel much better about the music of today. I have to admit have long judged Country Music as being pro-GOP/pro-Trump. I was being too judgmental.

[Wiz Imp]

25. Well, there's no question that as whole, traditional Country Music leans conservative

But there have always been strong progressive voices mixed in. And the majority of the "best" Country Music has generally come from those Progressive voices.

[Initech]

19. They could do a show at two stadiums similar to Fire Aid.

Or maybe spread shows all over the country at multiple venues. You could have LA, Seattle, Vegas, Denver, Detroit, Atlanta, New York, DC, and so on.

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21. I like that idea.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. To what end?

[a kennedy]

9. Just to make it a universal community, just to get it together AND THAT WE DO HAVE POWER.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. Make what a universal community? There are plenty of protests out there.

We Are the World and Farm Aid were fundraisers.

[a kennedy]

11. Ok, fundraisers for the Democrats that are gonna get voted in to kick this shit of an administration to the

CURB!!!! Sorry…..just want THEM GONE, AND I’LL DO ANYTHING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, and hope I’m not alone.

[TnDem]

24. re: concerts

Also, what people do not understand is that the old musical protest paradigms such as LiveAid, Woodstock, Monterey Pop, etc couldn't even beld held today.

They also don't have the cultural significance because most modern music is fractured and uninspired...Most people got their news back then from a few sources and TV....Again, now "news" is fractured and balkanized and no central message for any protesting.

[blubunyip]

31. It could be more of a multifaceted multicultural show

with some relevant comedy, dance, drama, storytelling in addition to music. I don't think artists' active response to these times is passe whatsoever. But it would be a hard thing to pull off financially and logistically. I could design it, but I couldn't begin to fund it.

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14. To build a movement that speaks out against the traitor trump cabal.

Does that even have to be explained?

[muriel_volestrangler]

28. Yes, it does. What is the magical power of music that you think will change the minds of Americans

who up until now have tolerated or supported Trump? Do you really think there would be millions that say "oh, I thought it was all going OK, but now that group I really like have said it isn't, well, I'll join a movement against Trump"? This flies in the face of the experience of the last 60 years.

And being against Trump is not enough anyway. We need the people to be against the Republicans who face re-election in 2026, and in 2028.

[yellow dahlia]

15. Add Pussy Riot to the list.

Wouldn't that just rile the grifter and his puppet master.

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29. Absolutely. Make it international.

[Jit423]

16. Sorry, but farmers don't need a concert. They already got their subsidies the first Trump term while others suffered

They will soon be getting more and more of your tax dollars as soon as Trump pays them off again when his tariffs hit the fan in about 30 days.

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22. My idea isn't a fundraiser. It's an awareess raiser to protest the trump cabal fascist wannabes.

[WarGamer]

17. For what benefit?

Where do the proceeds go?

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23. See post 22. The OP is not about a fundraiser.

[SheltieLover]

33. Maybe a portion could go to food banks to help those who will soon be starving

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34. I have nothing against that. My idea is to build a movement against the trump fascists.

[cadoman]

18. they're still around but you're right they're not as big as they used to be

https://fireaidla.org/

[bucolic_frolic]

26. Democracy S.O.S.

[AverageJoe]

27. I love this idea and am AMAZED

at the naysayers on this thread and, frankly, those who pop up here and there on DU to crap on ideas for resistance or progressive ideas in general.

[maveric]

35. Green Day would rock it.

They’ve done protest songs before.