Liberal lion Bruce Springsteen led the lineup at the Minneapolis-St. Paul branch of the No Kings rallies taking place in cities across America on Saturday.
The events were set up to express left-wing opposition to various Trump administration policies, including the ICE raids and the Iran War.
Minneapolis was a nexus of anti-ICE demonstrations at the start of this year, with outrage against the government intensifying after two protestors – Alex Pretti and Renee Good – were killed in encounters with federal law enforcement.
Springsteen, a longtime Democrat who opened Joe Biden’s inauguration special and has been a vociferous critic of Donald Trump, released a song on January called Streets of Minneapolis as a reaction to the bloodshed.
He performed the song this Saturday during the rally held the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, which is one of the ‘Twin Cities’ along with neighboring Minneapolis.
‘Well, this past winter, federal troops brought death and terror to the streets of Minneapolis. They picked the wrong city,’ Springsteen trumpeted onstage.
Liberal lion Bruce Springsteen led the lineup at the Minneapolis-St. Paul branch of the No Kings rallies taking place in cities across America on Saturday
The events were set up to express left-wing opposition to various Trump administration policies, including the ICE raids and the Iran War
Springsteen released a song on January called Streets of Minneapolis as a reaction to the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good earlier this year
‘The power and the solidarity of the people of Minneapolis and of Minnesota was an inspiration to the entire country. Your strength and your commitment told us that this is still America,’ Springsteen continued, as seen on the No Kings livestream.
Jane Fonda, 88, who has conducted a rollercoaster half-century career in leftist activism alongside her movie stardom, was also among those in attendance.
She explained that she was ‘not gonna make a speech ’cause we’re running late and there’s a bunch of people who have to catch planes.’
Instead, she read a statement from Renee Good’s girlfriend Becca Good, who is often referred to as her ‘wife’ but to whom she was not legally married.
During the encounter in which Renee was killed, Becca was sitting beside her in her Honda Pilot and yelled: ‘Drive, baby, drive!’ before Renee accelerated forwards while her SUIV was surrounded by ICE agents, one of whom fatally shot her.
‘The reality is I am so heartbroken,’ Becca said in the statement Fonda read aloud. ‘I miss my wife. The world now knows that my wife sparkled with sunshine and shone with kindness that is unmatched. We were robbed of an incredible human.’
Over the course of her remarks, Fonda also threw one of her hands up in the air in a power fist, and she then introduced songstress Maggie Rogers.
Rogers, 31, was accompanied onstage by none other than the folk music legend Joan Baez, 85, as well as guitarist Tom Morello, 64.
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He performed the song this Saturday during the rally held the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, which is one of the ‘Twin Cities’ along with neighboring Minneapolis
Jane Fonda, 88, who has conducted a rollercoaster half-century career in leftist activism alongside her movie stardom, was also among those in attendance
She explained that she was ‘not gonna make a speech ’cause we’re running late and there’s a bunch of people who have to catch planes’
Instead, she read a statement from Renee Good’s girlfriend Becca Good, who is often referred to as her ‘wife’ but to whom she was not legally married
Over the course of her remarks, Fonda also threw one of her hands up in the air in a power fist, and she then introduced songstress Maggie Rogers
Rogers (center), 31, was accompanied onstage by none other than the folk music legend Joan Baez (left), 85, as well as guitarist Tom Morello (right), 64
At Saturday’s No Kings rally at the Minnesota State Capitol, the trio of Rogers, Baez and Morello performed Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are A-Changin’
Baez incorrectly recalled that she sang the number at Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington in 1963, where she had in fact performed We Shall Overcome
The New York City branch of the No Kings protests attracted such names as Padma Lakshmi, who gave a speech at a press conference during the event
Robert De Niro, a longstanding fierce critic of the Trump administration, could be glimpsed wearing an: ‘I [heart] NY’ pin amid a column of marchers in Manhattan
Los Angeles protestors included Kathy Griffin, who recently declared herself ‘un-canceled’ after the 2017 scandal over her video holding Trump’s severed head in effigy
The stand-up comic carried a sign that on one side denounced ICE as ‘Trump’s lawless militia’ and on the other demanded ‘Justice for Pretti and Good’
In the suburb of Studio City, Annette Bening joined the demonstrators on the sidewalk, holding up a sign with a drawing of Mary Poppins
‘Super Callous Fragile Nihilistic Extra Halitosis,’ the sign read, meant to be sung to the tune of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Another attendee of the Studio City was Edward James Olmos, one of the stars of Blade Runner and of classic shows like Miami Vice and Battlestar Gallactica
Over the course of his long career, Morello has toured in Springsteen’s E Street Band and played for such groups as Rage Against the Machine.
At Saturday’s No Kings rally at the Minnesota State Capitol, the trio of Rogers, Baez and Morello performed Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are A-Changin’.
Baez incorrectly recalled that she sang the number at Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington in 1963, where she had in fact performed We Shall Overcome.
The New York City branch of the No Kings protests attracted such names as Padma Lakshmi, who gave a speech at a press conference during the event.
Robert De Niro, a longstanding fierce critic of the Trump administration, could be glimpsed wearing an: ‘I [heart] NY’ pin amid a column of marchers in Manhattan.
Across the country in Los Angeles, the protestors included Kathy Griffin, who recently declared herself ‘un-canceled’ after her career was torpedoed by a 2017 scandal over a video of her holding Trump’s severed head in effigy.
The stand-up comic carried a sign that on one side denounced ICE as ‘Trump’s lawless militia’ and on the other demanded ‘Justice for Pretti and Good.’
In the suburb of Studio City, Annette Bening joined the demonstrators on the sidewalk, holding up a sign with a drawing of Mary Poppins.
‘Super Callous Fragile Nihilistic Extra Halitosis,’ the sign read, meant to be sung to the tune of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Another attendee of the Studio City was Edward James Olmos, one of the stars of Blade Runner and of classic shows like Miami Vice and Battlestar Gallactica.
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