Power Chords: TOM MORELLO of Rage Against The Machine

<p>Rage Against The Machine’s <strong>TOM MORELLO</strong> is one of the most charismatic and energising figures in rock’n’roll and politics. He tells <strong>Dorian Lynskey</strong> about the role of radicalism in rock, protofascism, AOC, Trump, the Presidential Election, cancel culture, and his political journey from a super-progressive childhood – via arguing with teenage Trotskyists at Harvard and working for a US Senator – to spearheading rock’n’roll’s most righteous band.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Tom Morello’s photo memoir <em>Whatever It Takes</em> is available to pre-order now at </strong><a href="http://www.tommorellobook.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>www.TomMorelloBook.com</strong></a><strong>.&nbsp;</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li>“There’s only two positions when it comes to free speech. You’re either for ALL of it or you’re against ANY of it.”</li><li>“If I was in a job where I couldn’t call a damn racist a damn racist, I knew I was in the wrong job.”</li><li>“Injustice met me head on in the playground when I was three or four years old.”</li><li>“Taking anyone’s ideas off the board is very dangerous –&nbsp;because I know there are people in office who would like to take MY ideas off the board, permanently.”</li><li>“Everything is at stake right now. So someone better be singing or rapping about it.”</li><li>“Trump vs Biden is not the lesser of two evils. It’s the evil of two lessers.”</li><li>“Why do I vote? Because THEY don’t want me to.”&nbsp;</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>Presented by Dorian Lynskey. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. </em><strong><em>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production</em></strong></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>