🎶 When art fights back, it doesn’t tiptoe. It roars from guitars, laughs through late-night monologues, and refuses to be silenced. Protest isn’t just in the streets — it’s in the songs we hum, the jokes we share, and the voices that won’t back down.

🎸 Music that Roars

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Neil Young rips into corruption with Big Crime, a protest anthem sharp as broken glass.

📸 [Photo of Bruce Springsteen live, vintage or recent]
Bruce Springsteen keeps survival alive with Born to Run, freedom on four chords and a dream. I still remember sneaking into the Agora in ’77 with my sister’s fake ID — that memory is still my proof that music can give you wings.

🎤 Comedy with a Punch

📸 [Jimmy Kimmel at his desk]
Jimmy Kimmel spoke truth and paid the price with suspension. His monologue cut too close to power, and ABC silenced him.

📸 [Stephen Colbert mid-monologue]
Stephen Colbert stood tall for Kimmel, wielding satire like a blade. His defense reminded us that censorship is never just about one voice — it’s about all of us.

📸 [Rosie O’Donnell at a rally or onstage]
Rosie O’Donnell called it “unacceptable” and refused to stay quiet, proving that comedy and activism are strongest when they’re fearless.

✊ One Chorus

Together, these artists — from guitars to late-night desks — remind us that resistance comes in many forms. Music, comedy, and courage weave together one soundtrack of survival. We will not be silenced.

Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts - Big Crime (chicago sound check) - (Official Audio)

o more great again No - no more great again There’s big crime in DC at THE White House Don’t need no fascist rules Don't want no fascist schools Don’t want soldiers on our streets There’s big crime in DC at THE White House There’s big crime in DC at THE White House Got to get the fascists out got to Clean the white house out Don’t want soldiers on our streets There’s big crime in DC at THE White House There’s big crime in DC at THE White House No more great again No - no more great again There’s big crime in DC at THE White House There’s big crime in DC at THE White House No more money to the fascists the billionaire fascists TIME TO BLACKOUT THE SYSTEM no more great again No - no more great again TIME TO BLACKOUT THE SYSTEM There’s big crime in DC at THE White House There’s big crime in DC at THE White House NO MORE GREAT AGAIN No NO MORE GREAT AGAIN There’s big crime in DC at THE White House There’s big crime in DC at THE White House NO MORE GREAT AGAIN NO NO MORE GREAT AGAIN

Transcript: Here's what Bruce Springsteen had to say about Trump in Manchester, UK

• Pete Chianca

• May 14

• 3 min read

Updated: May 15

I'll have more to say about this after it sinks in. But I will say that no one does righteous indignation like Bruce Springsteen. And he is certainly indignant about what he feels like the Trump administration is doing to the country he loves.

Judging from the fact that his people have already edited together and released these remarks — delivered in Manchester at the first show in what's now called "The Land of Hope and Dreams Tour" — I'd also say he doesn't care who knows it.

Will we see Bruce bring this message to America? If I were a betting man I'd start saving up for tickets now.

Before "Land of Hope and Dreams":

Good evening. It's great to be in Manchester and back in the UK. Welcome to The Land of Hope and Dreams Tour. The mighty E Street Band is here tonight to call upon the righteous power of art, of music, of rock and roll in dangerous times.

In my home, the America I love, the America I've written about that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration.

Tonight, we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experience to rise with us. Raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom ring.

Before "House of a Thousand Guitars":

How we doing Manchester? All right?

The last check on power, after the checks and balances of government have failed, are the people, you and me. It's in the union of people around a common set of values. Now that's all that stands between democracy and authoritarianism.

So at the end of the day, all we've really got is each other.

Before "My City of Ruins":

Now, there's some very weird, strange and dangerous shit going on out there right now.

In America, they are persecuting people for using their right to free speech and voicing their dissent. This is happening now.

In America, the richest men are taking satisfaction in abandoning the world's poorest children to sickness and death. This is happening now.

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