Rock legend Bruce Springsteen dropped a lyric video following the discharge of his protest music, “Streets of Minneapolis,” a blunt condemnation of federal immigration brokers’ abuses in Minnesota.
The video pairs the lyrics with a montage of protesters, violent immigration thugs, and Trump administration goons, intercut with footage of Springsteen performing the music.
Essentially the most damning moments correspond with photographs of the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, freeze-framing on key moments that contradict the administration’s lies.
The music additionally explicitly name-checks Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem and senior adviser Stephen Miller.
Then we heard the gunshots
And Alex Pretti lay within the snow, useless
Their declare was self protection, sir
Simply don’t imagine your eyes
It’s our blood and bones
And these whistles and telephones
In opposition to Miller and Noem’s soiled lies
White Home spokesperson Abigail Jackson issued a press release admonishing Democrats for selling “random songs with irrelevant opinions and inaccurate info.”
In the meantime, fellow rockstar and activist Tom Morello of Rage In opposition to the Machine and Audioslave launched the Boss as a particular visitor at Friday’s Live performance of Solidarity and Resistance to Defend Minnesota in Minneapolis, the place he carried out “Streets of Minneapolis.”
In response to Morello, “100% of proceeds go to the households of these murdered by ICE in Minneapolis Renee Good and Alex Pretti.”
On Wednesday, Springsteen wrote on Bluesky that the music got here collectively shortly, created “in response to the state terror being visited on the town of Minneapolis.”
“It’s devoted to the individuals of Minneapolis, our harmless immigrant neighbors and in reminiscence of Alex Pretti and Renee Good,” he added. “Keep free.”
