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Bruce Springsteen and Dave Matthews are headlining the "Power To The People" music festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, an event featuring a network of nonprofits and activists mobilizing against President Donald Trump ahead of the midterms.
The festival, which began with performances by the hip-hop group The Neighborhood Kids, explicitly links pop culture entertainment with political organizing and charitable fundraising.
The Neighborhood Kids opened the concert with a chant of "Free, free Palestine!" and a declaration protesting the "funding of genocide" and the "terrorist organization" Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The group dedicated their performance to "the martyrs" and railed against "Western imperialism." The event’s official website describes its goal as activating the power of everyday human beings to shape the world on and beyond Election Day.
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