Ralph Nader is given a musical salute by Tom Morello
Tom Morello, the well-known guitarist of “Rage Against the Machine” and the disbanded band “Audioslave”, supported Ralph Nader with a musical salute at The Open the Debates Rally on August the 27th in Denver - held on the same night as other big Democratic events in Denver.
Tom Morello assists Ralph Nader to help save the South Central Farm - an urban farm and community garden located in an industrial area of South Los Angeles. The city of Los Angeles sold the land out in 2002 to real estate developer Ralph Horowitz for $5 million, who plans to demolish the farm and build a series of warehouses in its place - the farmers and immigrants are forced to remove.
Tom sang, driven by his dolefulness of this issue, the original, unedited version of Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land”. This version includes content about the rights of people which had been censored. Woody Guthrie wrote this song in 1940 in response to Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America”. Morello sang the “secret, censored” verses in his version:
Tom sang, driven by his dolefulness of this issue, the original, unedited version of Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land”. This version includes content about the rights of people which had been censored. Woody Guthrie wrote this song in 1940 in response to Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America”. Morello sang the “secret, censored” verses in his version:
”As I went walking I saw a sign there
And on the sign it said “No Trespassing.”
But on the other side it didn't say nothing,
That side was made for you and me.”
“In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office - I see my people
And some are grumbling and some are wondering
If this land’s still made for you and me.”
And on the sign it said “No Trespassing.”
But on the other side it didn't say nothing,
That side was made for you and me.”
“In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office - I see my people
And some are grumbling and some are wondering
If this land’s still made for you and me.”
That’s a full-length version that you will not find anywhere.
For more information, go to:
"This Land is Your Land"
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