Bands... you have a voice; USE IT!

Why are there so many bands out there today who do not get involved with politics or think it’s ‘uncool’ to have a political voice? When you’re in a band you have a great platform to involve the youth of today with the political situation going on around them. Bands have big influence on impressionable youngsters and can use that influence to drive a great feeling that they have a chance to change the world, therefore you’d see a surge of youngsters running to the polls to make a difference.

What this referendum has showed us is that the youngsters that voted, voted remain. We are a generation that lived next door to Polish kids, went to school with Romanians, played footie with Bulgarians, ate in Greek restaurants. We have lived with, laughed with and fallen in love with people from all walks of life. And when we moved to the polls, we rejected fear. We rejected racism. We rejected Xenophobia!

Today, it’s more important than ever to install hope and desire in to youth culture. We have the power to change the world. If you have a voice, bloody well use it!

Here’s a great article from a few years ago, written by Billy Bragg. He talks about the importance of bands being actively engaged with politics:
http://sabotagetimes.com/…/billy-bragg-interviewed-bands-ne…

At this moment in time we are the most divided we have ever been in any of our lifetimes. The vote has split us pretty much down the middle, there was a campaign of hate against the unknown 'foreigner', England voted out, Scotland voted in, Northern Ireland voted in, London voted in, Boris will be forever in the life's debt of Farage, the old has distanced themselves from the young as out of touch and to have decided our future for us. We have to communicate and come together through music and make our voices heard...