US band calls for end to Gaza blockade during live performance
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- The band urged international institutions to stop "kowtowing" to the United States and 'Israel'
- Rage Against the Machine has routinely used its global platform to campaign against corporate power, state violence, and imperialist foreign policy
American rock band Rage Against the Machine voiced strong support for Palestine during a concert performance, calling for an immediate end to the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank.
Addressing a crowd of thousands, frontman Zack de la Rocha dedicated the track "Township Rebellion" to "our brothers and sisters in Nablus, the West Bank, and Gaza."
De la Rocha criticized international diplomacy, stating that the United Nations should stop "kowtowing to the United States and Israel" and called for condemning "the Israeli government."
The onstage remarks align with the band’s multi-decade legacy of merging heavy metal and hip-hop with radical political activism.
Formed in Los Angeles in 1991, Rage Against the Machine has routinely used its global platform to campaign against corporate power, state violence, and imperialist foreign policy.
Beyond lyrical critiques of systemic inequality and police brutality in tracks like "Killing in the Name" and "Bulls on Parade," the group's members have directly engaged in frontline advocacy, from organizing protest concerts outside the 2008 Republican National Convention and speaking before the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, to actively championing political prisoners, indigenous movements such as Mexico’s Zapatistas (EZLN), and global anti-war demonstrations.
