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Sound Principles - The Nightwatchman channels the spirit of Woody at eclectic Axis of Justice benefit
Los Angeles City Beat
by Don Waller
First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win,” reads the quotation from Mohandas Gandhi emblazoned alongside a poster-sized portrait of the famous social activist.
Similar raps/mug shots from César Chávez, Malcolm X, Che Guevera, Joe Hill, Sojourner Truth, and Emma Goldman – topped by dozens of eye-popping, three-by-six-foot paintings (presumably by local children) addressing suicide, substance abuse, education,
gang violence, and love in riotous colors, plain language, and the simplest of forms – ring the walls of the combination assembly hall/cafeteria attached to the Venice United Methodist Church, which houses the Peace and Justice Center, where Axis of Justice presented
a benefit for Food Not Bombs last Friday, February 18.
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Social Justice at Big Day Out
Melbourne Indymedia
by caracoles
Social justice groups took part in Melbourne’s Big Day Out http://www.bigdayout.com music festival this past weekend to promote an antiwar and an anti-corporate media message under the banner of the ‘Axis of Justice’.
Axis of Justice http://www.axisofjustice.org is a is non-profit organization formed by Tom Morello of Audioslave and Serj Tankian of System of a Down. Its purpose is to bring together musicians, fans of music, and grassroots political organizations to fight for social
justice together.
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Tom Morello, Serj Tankian Releasing Axis Of Justice CD/DVD
VH1 News
by Corey Moss
Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello and System of a Down singer Serj Tankian were thinking the same thing midway through last month's benefit for their Axis of Justice political action group. "Maybe we should release this," Tankian recalled.
"As it was going on, it just seemed like it was a really special, even historic, evening of musicians coming together for social change, but in an artistic atmosphere that was pretty unprecedented," Morello said. "So we started discussing putting it out."
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Axis of Justice
Z Magazine
By Jeff Nall
The politically observant, socially challenging, and emotively contemplative spirit of the 1960s is about as far removed from U.S. popular music as peace is removed from the Bush administration’s foreign policy goals—it’s all but officially discontinued.
There are socially conscious bands out there (there are actually throngs of lesser known artists with a penchant for political awareness), it’s just we don’t hear them. Rather than playing bands like Pulse Ultra (Atlantic Records) or Boy Sets Fire (Wind-up),
intelligent bands that mix social commentary with contemporary rock, corporate media like Clear Channel have decided to play the most trite, insensitive, blind rabble at their fingertips.
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Morello Takes on Taco Bell
Rolling Stone
by Jolie Lash
Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello and Coup frontman Boots Riley are joining Florida farm workers in protesting Taco Bell at the restaurant's Irvine, California, headquarters on Friday.
Morello will join the Taco Bell Truth Tour's Southern California stop as a speaker and performer, under his Nightwatchman guise, to draw attention to a wage dispute between the fast food company and farm workers who provide its vegetables.
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Justice League
LA Alternative Press
By Tim Grierson
Whether it’s Coldplay’s Chris Martin writing “Make Trade Free” on his hand or Steve Earle getting arrested while protesting the death penalty, rock stars occasionally come bearing political causes. Sometimes, an artist’s activism stems from
an urge to use his band’s popularity to further a good cause. Or, perhaps he wants to be judged as something more than a mere entertainer.
In the case of Audioslave’s Tom Morello and System of a Down’s Serj Tankian, the two Los Angeles-based musicians behind the non-profit social-activist organization Axis of Justice, the answer resides elsewhere.
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Morello, Tankian Air It Out
Rolling Stone
by Colin Devenish
Tom Morello and Serj Tankian took time away from their day jobs -- guitarist for Audioslave and singer for System of a Down -- on Monday to tape a radio show at Burbank, California's KPFK. It's a monthly ritual the two have observed for the better part of the last year.
The show is an extension of Axis of Justice, the social justice organization that Morello and Tankian founded.
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Morello Backs Grocery Strike
Rolling Stone
by Jolie Lash
Audioslave's Tom Morello and System of a Down's Serj Tankian will perform at a Thursday night benefit for striking Southern California grocery store workers at Los Angeles' Roxy Theater. Morello and Tankian's non-profit political organization Axis of Justice is sponsoring
the event.
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...And Justice for All!
NME
Audioslave's Tom Morello and System of a Down's Serj Tankian will perform at a Thursday night benefit for striking Southern California grocery store workers at Los Angeles' Roxy Theater. Morello and Tankian's non-profit political organization Axis of Justice is sponsoring
the event.
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Rock's Axis of Activism
Salon.com
by Maria Armoudian
Tom Morello is unapologetic for his "left of Ralph Nader" politics. At first, with agitprop rockers Rage Against the Machine, and more recently with his new band Audioslave, the guitarist has used music as a conduit for social and political commitment. "That
was the mission statement from day one," he says. "I had to find a way to work my convictions into my life's work."
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Rage for Justice
Mother Jones
by Timothy C. Davis
Morello, the former guitarist for the incendiary Rage Against the Machine, now wields his ax for Audioslave, the new band he formed with singer Chris Cornell, the ex-frontman for Soundgarden. The 38-year-old activist became a certifiable guitar god in the '90s on the strength
of albums like Rage Against the Machine, Evil Empire, and The Battle of Los Angeles.
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The Power of Music
The Nation
by Ann Powers
Midway through the peace rally in Seattle's Volunteer Park this past October, the stage was given over to a young man with a guitar. It was a big moment for this callow troubadour--certainly the largest crowd he'd ever faced, hungry for inspiration, ready for a new rallying
cry. He strummed and took his shot. One more rendition of "The Times They Are A-Changin'." Somewhere, Bob Dylan, who long ago stopped his marching, groaned.
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Tom Morello, Serj Tankian Break Law To Feed Homeless
MTV News
by Corey Moss
Axis of Justice, the activist organization founded by Tom Morello and Serj Tankian, handed out food to dozens of homeless people Friday in defiance of a new city ordinance. The Audioslave guitarist and System of a Down singer also took part in a protest march and spoke
at a press conference held by the National Lawyers Guild, which filed a lawsuit hours earlier against the city of Santa Monica challenging a new ordinance that places severe restrictions on food distribution programs.
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Atlanta IMC interviews System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian at Ozzfest
Atlanta IMC
by Buddy Grizzard
System of a Down, the Los Angeles-based melodic metal band, invited the Atlanta Independent Media Center to host a table at the non-profit tent at Ozzfest, where the band plays in front of headliner Ozzy Osbourne. The festival took place Sunday, and Atlanta IMC contributors
David Christian and Buddy Grizzard manned the table, putting out information to hundreds of visitors. Grizzard was also invited backstage to interview System?s lead vocalist, Serj Tankian, and the following is a record of that interview.
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