Bruce Springsteen has released a new protest song which takes aim at Donald Trump and United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Unveiling the track, titled ‘Streets Of Minneapolis’, the US artist said in a statement: “I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday, and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbours, and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renée Good.”
The song makes specific references to ICE’s recent killings of protestors Pretti and Good. “Trump’s federal thugs beat up on his face and his chest,” Springsteen sings at one point. “Then we heard the gunshots, and Alex Pretti lay in the snow, dead.”
The release of ‘Streets Of Minneapolis’ comes after Springsteen dedicated a performance of ‘The Promised Land’ to Good at a New Jersey festival earlier this month. Speaking to the crowd at that show, he said: “If you believe in democracy, in liberty; if you believe that truth still matters, and that it’s worth speaking out, and it’s worth fighting for; if you believe in the power of the law and that no one stands above it; if you stand against heavily armed, masked, federal troops invading American cities, and using Gestapo tactics against our fellow citizens; if you believe you don’t deserve to be murdered for exercising your American right to protest; then send a message to this President. And as the mayor of that city has said, ICE should get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
Listen to ‘Streets Of Minneapolis’ below.
