R.a.t.m. Politics [Archive]

Fawkes

29th July 2006, 08:24

What were Rage's beliefs? People on this site say that they weren't anarchist, but my Social Studies teacher said that at a Rage concert, the backdrop of the stage was an American flag with an Anarchy symbol over it. At the same time tho, in the video for Sleep Now in the Fire, Tim, the bassist, is wearing a CCCP shirt. Last time I checked, Leninists/Stalinists and Anarchists hated each other.

Ander

29th July 2006, 08:34

I'm pretty sure that the members of Rage were socialists. At least their politics were.

Red Sky Revolution

30th July 2006, 20:03

Yeah...they were socialists.

They broke up because they all thought that Zack (Singer) was to serious about starting a revolution. And they just wanted to make music.

An archist

30th July 2006, 20:09

about the anarchy logo: I've got some communist friends who like that too and use it quite frequently next to their hammer and sickle clothes.

elmo sez

30th July 2006, 22:50

What ever happened to Zach anyway?

RedAnarchist

30th July 2006, 23:19

Originally posted by [email protected] 30 2006, 08:51 PM
What ever happened to Zach anyway?
http://www.zdlr.net/

which doctor

30th July 2006, 23:47

They are "musicians" with incredible amounts of money who will do anything if it will sell. They don't care about politics as much as it appears.

*ducks bottles*

emma_goldman

31st July 2006, 03:56

Anarchist I thought. They did an interview with Chomsky.

SPK

31st July 2006, 05:58

In their one of their CD booklets (can't remember which CD), RATM included contact info for different radical organizations. Prominent among those were a bunch of front groups for the Revolutionary Communist Party USA: Refuse and Resist (which help organize defense of abortion clinics), October 22nd. Coalition Against Police Brutality (I know there are other good folks involved in this), and the Committee to Support the Revolution in Peru (CSRP). The last one supported the Communist Party of Peru, i.e. the Shining Path. :o

Of course, this was the mid nineties, which was an absolute low point for radical politics. So I guess they took what they could get.

Invader Zim

1st August 2006, 17:59

Why are we having this thread again? There are numerous threads on this attrocious band, why do we require a new one, when we already have a perfectly good search function?

nightwatchman

8th August 2006, 01:38

Wikipedia has a section on RATM political beleifs

Here is a link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_against_the_machine

Enragé

8th August 2006, 04:33

i'd desribe it as libertarian socialist

also they have great sympathy for the zapatistas so that gives a hint.

Gryphon

8th August 2006, 07:11

Originally posted by Fist of [email protected] 30 2006, 10:48 AM
They are "musicians" with incredible amounts of money who will do anything if it will sell. They don't care about politics as much as it appears.

*ducks bottles*
In other words, 'rich-socialism'.